LITHIUM RISES MORE THAN 40%, REACHING THE HIGHEST PRICE IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS. Market prices for lithium have been intensively fluctuating during the past few years, and many investors have speculated about the supply and demand for lithium in the growing market for electric vehicles. In general, the markets for base metals and industrial metals are openly traded and pricing is usually set by all market participants. However, some are set or "fixed" several times each day by some "market makers". This process is very controversial and many market participants have argued that these “market makers”: stocks’ traders, some banks and even industries are fully exploiting inside information. Let's analyse the following data: during the last 6 Months Lithium prices have passed from U$D 8,400 (lowest price in June 2025) to U$D 11,782 (highest price on August 19th, 2025) a price variation of more than 40%. However, the share prices of still profitable lithium ...