Fastmarkets Global Lithium, Battery and Critical Materials June 22-25, 2026 – Las Vegas

Fastmarkets Global Lithium,
Battery and Critical Materials
June 22-25, 2026 | Las Vegas

In 2026, the Fastmarkets Global Lithium, Battery and Critical Materials event builds on its core lithium and battery materials focus while expanding to reflect how the market is evolving. Alongside lithium, critical minerals, energy storage and defense-linked supply chains now form part of the same week in Las Vegas.

More than 1,000 senior leaders from over 50 countries attend, spanning miners, refiners, recyclers, OEMs, cell manufacturers, traders, governments and investors. For established lithium participants, the core audience remains firmly in place — with the added benefit of energy storage and infrastructure buyers now in the room, widening the opportunity to meet counterparties and progress commercial discussions.

Three events. One supply chain. One week.
Battery & Energy Storage 2026 runs co-located June 23 to 25 and is included in your main event ticket. Defense & Aerospace Strategic Materials runs June 23 alongside the main program. All events share the same venue, exhibition floor and evening receptions.

June 22 to 25, 2026
Four days covering the full battery raw materials and critical minerals supply chain. Lithium market outlook, DLE commercialization, graphite and anode policy, rare earths, project finance, and the growing role of energy storage as a demand driver. All in one room.

June 23 to 25, 2026
A dedicated program for grid-scale energy storage buyers, developers and financiers. Sessions cover project bankability, grid integration, AI and data center power demand, chemistry selection, and US policy, with the upstream supply chain exhibiting on the same floor all week.

June 23, 2026
A focused one-day program on the critical and strategic materials underpinning defense and aerospace supply chains. Rare earths, supply chain security, mineral sovereignty and the materials driving next-generation defense programs.

Who Attends

Whoever you are in this supply chain — this is your room.

The breadth of the audience is the event’s defining commercial proposition. Producers, financiers, buyers, OEMs and governments — five days, one venue, every deal-making conversation you need for the year ahead.

Miners & Developers
You’re building or financing a project
The offtake buyers, project financiers and technical partners you need to move forward are in this room. Fastmarkets price assessments that underpin your contracts are produced by the team presenting on stage.

Finance & Investment
You’re deploying or raising capital
Investment banks, royalty companies, sovereign wealth funds and private equity firms use this event to assess project pipelines and meet management teams across a concentrated five days. The density of deal flow here is unmatched anywhere else in this sector.

OEMs & Cell Manufacturers
You’re securing battery material supply
FEOC compliance, IRA domestic content rules and shifting trade flows are forcing procurement decisions this year. The upstream producers and midstream processors you need to qualify are all here — alongside Fastmarkets price intelligence on where markets are heading.

Energy & Storage
You’re deploying grid-scale or behind-the-meter storage
The Battery and Energy Storage 2026 summit runs June 24–25 with a dedicated programme exclusive to summit delegates. You also get full access to the main event floor, where the lithium and battery materials producers setting your input costs are exhibiting all week.

Traders & Merchants
You’re trading lithium and critical materials
The Fastmarkets price assessments that set your reference prices are produced by the team presenting here. Price methodology sessions, forward outlook and direct access to the producers and buyers whose activity determines market direction — concentrated into one week.

Critical Minerals ★ New for 2026
You’re in cobalt, graphite, rare earths or defense supply chains
The 2026 rebrand opens dedicated programming for cobalt, graphite, manganese, rare earths and defense-linked materials — alongside the lithium and battery community that sources from you. New audience, same commercial infrastructure.