By Amy Lv and Lewis Jackson
BEIJING (Reuters) -Lithium futures in China climbed on Thursday to a nearly three-month high after a production halt at a major lithium producer boosted sentiment for the electric vehicle battery material.
Miner Zangge Mining said in an exchange filing that it had halted lithium production at a mine in Qinghai province following orders from local officials.
The most active lithium carbonate futures on the Guangzhou Futures Exchange jumped more than 4% in afternoon trade to hit 69,980 yuan ($9,749.51) per metric ton, the highest since April 21.
“Speculative sentiment is pretty strong right now but the actual impact will be limited, said Chen Jing, a Beijing-based analyst at Galaxy Futures, referring to the production suspension of a subsidiary of Zangge.
($1 = 7.1778 Chinese yuan)
(Reporting by Amy Lv and Lewis Jackson; Editing by Himani Sarkar and Sherry Jacob-Phillips)
