Australia's lithium 生産者s see 堅い market 条件s 固執するing 井戸/弁護士席 into 2020

By Melanie Burton

MELBOURNE, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Australia's Orocobre Ltd and Pilbara Minerals Ltd on Thursday gave bearish 見通しs for lithium 需要・要求する, as weak orders from electric 乗り物 製造者s in 中国 look 始める,決める to 延長する a 長引かせるd 下降.

Orocobre Ltd flagged a tepid market for the first half of 2020 and said it had 削減(する) costs at its 旗艦 Olaroz lithium 事業/計画(する) in Argentina. Its 株 sank 3.7%.

Pilbara Minerals said it was continuing to 穏健な 生産/産物 to "match 顧客 需要・要求する" after 規模ing 支援する 採掘 at its Pilgangoora 操作/手術s in Western Australia in September. Its 株 slid 12%.

Lithium 鉱夫s 直面するd 厳しい 圧力 last year as prices 急落するd after a 削減(する) in EV 補助金s by 中国, the world's biggest electric 乗り物 market.

That 圧力 is 始める,決める to 延長する 井戸/弁護士席 into 2020, as prices for spodumene, a hard 激しく揺する concentrate produced mostly in Australia, have continued to 落ちる and 備蓄(する)s have grown.

"If you are a concentrate 生産者, you are struggling. You do have 在庫s in the 供給(する) chain that are yet to be worked through, you have capacity that is still in 超過 of 需要・要求する," said Reg Spencer, an 分析家 at 仲買人 Canaccord.

"We're only coming off the 支援する of the U.S.-中国 貿易協定 and now the whole world is 存在 攻撃する,衝突する by jitters over the coronavirus. This will all serve to keep a lid on market 条件s in 中国 with regards to lithium EVs and 殴打/砲列s."

の中で 肯定的な 調印するs for the market, (n)役員/(a)執行力のあるs 公式文書,認めるd Tesla's 開始する,打ち上げる of a SUV program at its Shanghai factory and a 決定/判定勝ち(する) by 中国 to not make 重要な 削減(する)s to 補助金s for new energy 乗り物s this year.

"We 推定する/予想する to see weak market 条件s continuing for the first half of this year. There is 可能性のある for 改善するd market balance in the second half," Orocobre CEO ツバメ Perez de Solay told an 分析家 call.

In the 合間, lithium 鉱夫s are 受託するing lower prices and curtailing 生産(高).

Orocobre 削減(する) its lithium carbonate sales price for the December 4半期/4分の1 to 持続する market 株 and 削除するd operating costs by 16%, while Pilbara said a final 投資 決定/判定勝ち(する) on a 化学製品 転換 施設 - a 共同の 投機・賭ける with Posco - has been 延期するd by six months.

That follows Wesfarmers Ltd's 告示 last month that it was 延期するing its final 投資 決定/判定勝ち(する) on the Mt Holland lithium 事業/計画(する) by a year, while 星雲 資源s Ltd said it would 規模 支援する 操作/手術s by about 60% at its 旗艦 Mt Cattlin 地雷 in 2020. (報告(する)/憶測ing by Melanie Burton; Editing by Edwina Gibbs)

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