Global and China Lithium Battery Anode Materials Market Trends 2014-2017

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Lithium battery is composed mainly of cathode materials, anode materials, separator, and electrolyte, of which anode materials make up 5%-15% of lithium-ion battery costs, being one of important raw materials for lithium battery. Global lithium battery anode materials are now still dominated by natural graphite and artificial graphite, together accounting for roughly 85% in 2014. However, novel materials like mesocarbon microbeads (MCMB), lithium titanate (or lithium titanium oxide, LTO), and other anode materials see rapid growth in output.

In 2014, global lithium battery anode materials output totaled around 70,000 tons, concentrated in China and Japan, which together constituted over 95% of global anode materials sales volume. Rapid growth in global new energy vehicle market and accelerated application of lithium battery in communications and energy storage fields in the wake of the advent of 4G era will drive global demand for anode materials grow at a rate of more than 15% over the next three years.

Global anode materials industry is highly concentrated, with major manufacturers including Hitachi Chemical, JFE Chemical, Mitsubishi Chemical, BTR, and Ningbo Shanshan, which held a combined market share of over 80% in 2014, with Hitachi Chemical and Ningbo Shanshan specializing in artificial graphite anode materials, BTR and Mitsubishi Chemical in natural graphite anode materials, and JFE Chemical and Ningbo Shanshan in MCMB anode materials.

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China abounds in graphite mineral resources, endowing the country with significant advantage in production costs of anode materials, and occupied 70% or so of global anode materials output in 2014. As anode materials production technologies of the Chinese companies become increasingly mature, home-made anode...