January 13th news: Recently, the research team from the Qinghai Institute of Salt Lakes, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has achieved a major technological breakthrough in the separation of lithium resources from salt lakes, successfully overcoming the bottleneck of efficient separation of lithium, sodium, and potassium ions in lithium precipitation mother liquor. Chempricehub analyzed lithium carbonate, with a long-short rating of -1.5. The breakthrough in efficient separation technology by the Qinghai Institute of Salt Lakes, Chinese Academy of Sciences, significantly improves the lithium recovery rate from lithium precipitation mother liquor, reduces extraction costs, and is expected to increase the supply of lithium carbonate in the market, exerting downward pressure on spot prices (bearish). Combined with the recent contract performance of lithium carbonate futures, such as the 2605 contract (closing price 156,060 yuan/ton, up 12,240 yuan), which indicates short-term demand support, the technological breakthrough reinforces expectations of long-term supply increases, potentially limiting the upward space for forward contract prices and putting pressure on futures prices.