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Benchmark Mineral Intelligence

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence is a price-reporting agency and research consultancy specialising in battery raw materials, critical minerals and the electric vehicle supply chain. The company is headquartered in London, with additional offices in the US and Asia, and provides price assessments, market intelligence and forecasting for lithium, cobalt, nickel, graphite, rare earths and other materials essential to energy storage and electrification. Benchmark's price indices and data are widely used by miners, battery manufacturers, automakers, traders and investors to track market fundamentals and inform commercial decisions. The firm publishes regular reports on supply, demand and capacity trends across the battery metals value chain, from mine production through refining to cathode and cell manufacturing. It also organises industry conferences and maintains proprietary databases on projects, facilities and cost curves. Benchmark competes with other commodity price-reporting agencies such as Argus Media and Fastmarkets in the critical minerals space. The company has expanded its coverage in response to the rapid growth of the lithium-ion battery sector and the increasing strategic importance of securing supply for the energy transition. Benchmark Mineral Intelligence was founded in 2014 to address the lack of transparent pricing and market data in the emerging battery materials industry.

Benchmark Mineral Intelligence News


Copper cathodes on a train
US imports more Congo copper as consumer acceptance grows
7th September 2026 By: Reuters

US buyers are increasingly turning to copper from the Democratic Republic of Congo, helping drive record imports from the African producer as industrial consumers capitalise on discounts to... 


White Mesa Mill, in Utah
US rare earths producer Energy Fuels' terbium meets Japanese magnet maker qualification
19th August 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

TSX-listed, US-based rare earths producer Energy Fuels' terbium oxide has successfully passed all qualifications for use by one of the world's largest manufacturers of permanent magnets, in Japan.... 


Rare earths
Scoping study on Brazilian Rare Earths' Rocha da Rocha project confirms lowest-cost Western supply opportunity
13th August 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

ASX-listed Brazilian Rare Earths' newly published scoping study on the Rocha da Rocha rare earths project, in Brazil, particularly its anchor Monte Alto deposit, finds the potential for... 


Copper smelting
Chinese copper smelters baulk at spot-indexed ore pricing proposal
29th June 2026 By: Reuters

China's copper smelters are pushing back against a proposal from miner Antofagasta to link prices of raw material concentrate under term contracts to the spot market fearing the move will hit their... 


CME looks into launching first ever rare earth futures contract, sources say
CME looks into launching first ever rare earth futures contract, sources say
12th February 2026 By: Reuters

CME Group is working on a plan to launch the world's first futures contract in rare earths, three sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, in a move that would allow governments,... 


How tight supply, AI demand propelled copper towards $12 000
How tight supply, AI demand propelled copper towards $12 000
15th December 2025 By: Reuters

Copper is closing in on the $12 000 a metric ton mark as expectations of soaring demand from data centres that power artificial intelligence and tight supplies collide with shortages outside the... 


Lithium may get much-needed demand boost from battery storage
Lithium may get much-needed demand boost from battery storage
12th December 2025 By: Bloomberg

Lithium bulls are betting on energy storage systems as the next meaningful pillar of demand for the battery metal, nudging the global market back toward balance after years of oversupply. Giant... 


An image of lithium in a hand
Oversupplied rare earths market faces uneven investment trends
5th December 2025 By: Nadine Ramdass

While the rare earths market is currently oversupplied, US efforts to diversify supply away from China are driving investment for some minerals, while other minerals encounter constrained... 


China's copper exports boom on rising arbitrage, supply
13th November 2025 By: Reuters

Chinese copper exports are on pace to set a record in 2025, with October shipments set to exceed 100 000 metric tons for only the third time ever, as rising domestic supply and higher foreign... 


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