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Aluminum Foil For Battery Grade
As the current collector of lithium battery cathode material, aluminum foil has a very low cost ratio, but it is an indispensable existence in lithium batteries. Driven by the continued upsurge of the new energy automobile industry, the market demand for lithium battery aluminum foil ushered in an explosion.
Entering 2021, the new energy vehicle market continued its high growth trend in the fourth quarter of last year, driving a significant year-on-year increase in power battery installed capacity, and a surge in demand for lithium battery aluminum foil market, boosting orders and shipments of many aluminum foil companies to increase significantly.
Unlike lithium battery positive collectors, which must use aluminum foil, negative electrodes must use copper foil. Sodium ion batteries can use aluminum foil for both positive and negative collectors, which will create new market growth space for aluminum foil.
Driven by the continuous growth of downstream market demand, the prices of upstream raw materials and processing fees have risen, boosting the volume and price of lithium battery aluminum foil to rise and enter the seller's market. Like the pricing model of "copper price + processing fee" for copper foil, aluminum foil also adopts the "aluminum price + processing fee" quotation model. Therefore, the price of aluminum foil depends on the cost control of aluminum ingots and the rise and fall of processing fees.
In terms of raw material prices, due to the current limited production capacity of electrolytic aluminum and the tight supply of upstream aluminum ingots, the current domestic aluminum price has reached a new high in the past 15 years. In terms of processing fees, due to the booming demand in the downstream market, the overall supply is relatively tight. The current aluminum foil processing fees have increased by 10% compared with the same period last year. Driven by both the increase in aluminum prices and processing fees, aluminum prices have also entered the upward price channel.
At present, the overall supply of aluminum foil market is relatively tight. Under the multiple effects of further growth in downstream market demand, rising prices of upstream raw materials, and slow release of new capacity, aluminum foil prices may maintain a steady and rising development trend.
Aluminum Foil 30 Micron Thickness For Container Making In Europe, the average recycling rate of all aluminum packaging is above 60%. Without separating and recycling the aluminum foil packaging, but entering the energy recovery process, a large part of its aluminum content can be recovered from the bottom ash of the incinerator for recycling. In the incineration process, the oxidized aluminum releases energy, which is recovered and converted into heat and electricity.
