High-Flying Lithium Prices 'Reset' to Pre-COVID Levels [3-Minute Brief]

Published 19 Aug.2024 08:00(KST)

Updated 19 Jan.2025 11:09(KST)

[At a Glance]
①Electric Vehicle Chasm... LG Energy Solution Workforce Reassignment
②Government Sees "Signs of Recovery" Despite Domestic Demand Slump
③Now Eyes on 'Jackson Hole'... Powell to Speak on the 23rd

MARKET INDEX : Year to date
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- Weekly KOSPI recovery above 2700 level in focus
- However, possibility of cooling off after sharp rebound
- Short-term pause likely but not prolonged

Top3 NEWS
■ LG Energy Solution reallocates triple-digit workforce at Ochang plant amid electric vehicle chasm
- LG Energy Solution's domestic production base Ochang Energy Plant
- Following 288 employees in the second half of last year, 102 employees targeted this year
- Dispersing idle workforce due to electric vehicle market downturn
■ Despite accelerating domestic demand slump, government confident in "recovery signs" for four consecutive months
- Government economic trend report for August
- No major change in economic perception
- Clear temperature gap with Bank of Korea and KDI
■ Market relieved, now eyes on 'Jackson Hole'... Powell to speak on 23rd
- Inflation indicators followed by consumer indicators signal soft landing
- Market now focused on Federal Reserve Chair Powell's speech at ‘Jackson Hole’
- Wall Street expects a rate cut in September
Graphic News : Lithium returns to pre-COVID levels
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- Lithium carbonate price returns to 70,000 yuan per ton range
- Due to lower-than-expected electric vehicle demand

- Back to pre-COVID levels... concerns over prolonged chasm

the Chart : Oasis Market, No.1 in domestic e-commerce turnover rate 'dishonor'
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- C-commerce offensive... restructuring in e-commerce market

- Analysis of turnover rates of six e-commerce companies in the first half of this year

- Oasis has highest average monthly turnover rate... Shinsegae the lowest

Terms in the News : Why is the Jackson Hole Meeting called ‘Jackson Hole’?

- A village located in the valley between the Teton Range and Gros Ventre Range
- Named after American pioneer 'Edward Jackson'
- Jackson Hole named after Jackson’s beaver trapping explorations

Today's Key Schedule

○Domestic
- 19th: KOSPI listing of Jeonjin Construction Robot, offering price 16,500 KRW

○Overseas
- 08:50 Japan June core machinery orders
- 18:00 China July foreign direct investment
- 23:00 US July leading economic index

◇Lunch & Commute Weather
○ Lowest temperature 26℃(▼1℃) ｜ Highest temperature: 34℃(0℃)
○ Precipitation probability 20% in the morning｜10% in the afternoon
○ Fine dust Good in the morning｜Good in the afternoon
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