Lithium price drops 4.5% in China as January rally cools; miners slide premarket
New York, Jan 30, 2026, 07:06 EST — Premarket Battery-grade lithium carbonate prices in China dropped 4.46% on Friday, settling at 160,500 yuan a tonne, erasing some of the gains seen earlier this year. U.S.-listed lithium miners slipped before the Wall Street open: Albemarle fell $3.70, or about 2%, to $180.70; SQM lost $1.92, or 2.3%, to $81.64; and Lithium…