On April 15th, according to the data released by Baichuan Yingfu, a commodity consulting agency, the price quoted by Ferrous lithium phosphate on that day was 163,000 yuan/ton, which was slightly lower than the recent high of 169,000 yuan/ton, but it still rose by about 52.34% during the year. Looking at the medium and long-term trend, the price of Ferrous lithium phosphate in 2021 is in a state of 'rising-sideways-rising'. On January 4, 2021, the price was only 38,000 yuan/ton, and by the end of December, 2021, the price had risen to 107,000 yuan/ton.
Previously, the announcement of Jinpu Titanium (stock code '000545') showed that the company had signed the Strategic Cooperation Framework Agreement with the Management Committee of Anhui (Huaibei) New Coal Chemical Synthetic Material Base, and planned to build 200,000 tons/year battery-grade ferric phosphate and 200,000 tons/year Ferrous lithium phosphate and other new energy battery materials integration projects in the park. Jinpu Titanium said that the company strengthened, extended and supplemented the chain of titanium dioxide industry chain, and planned to build battery-grade iron phosphate device and downstream new energy battery cathode material Ferrous lithium phosphate device by using ferrous sulfate as by-product to meet the increasing demand of new energy storage and new energy vehicles for Ferrous lithium phosphate.
According to public information, Jinpu Titanium Industry is one of the largest manufacturers of titanium dioxide by sulfuric acid method in China. Apart from Jinpu Titanium Industry, many titanium dioxide enterprises have laid out new energy battery industry chains before. In June 2021, Annada (stock code '002136') announced that its subsidiary Tongling Nayuan Material Technology Co., Ltd. (referred to as 'Tongling Nayuan') would build a 50,000-ton/year high-pressure solid iron phosphate project by establishing a joint venture company; In August 2021, Annada also disclosed that in view of the future development prospect of Ferrous lithium phosphate market and the comprehensive comparative advantages of Tongling Nayuan in technology and cost, the existing iron phosphate production plant will be expanded in two phases; China National Titanium White (stock code '002145') also announced in August 2021 that it would set up a new materials research institute to carry out cutting-edge and applied research in key materials and energy storage technologies of lithium-ion batteries; In January 2022, Longbai Group (stock code '002601') announced that its holding subsidiary Hubei Baili Wanrun New Energy Co., Ltd. planned to invest in the construction of an electronic-grade Ferrous lithium phosphate project with an annual output of 150,000 tons.
Hua Fu believes that from the second half of 2021, the price of upstream raw materials of lithium batteries has been rising continuously. Under the influence of cost pressure and subsidy policy, lithium iron phosphate batteries with relatively low prices are favored by the market. The sharply rising prices have a great positive impact on the profits of companies in the iron phosphate industry chain. The total amount of enterprise expansion plans is large, but the actual landing will be discounted due to energy consumption, environment, capital and other factors, and the supply and demand of Ferrous lithium phosphate plate may continue to be tight.