That always bugs me when these things are reported. Something goes up 30% in a year due to speculation and/or supply chain shocks, and then drops by 5% and it's "prices crash!" No it's still up ~25% year on year.
If media made well adjusted statements, it wouldn't be the media then wouldn't it :D
Which is why one should stick to obtaining their data from the source and ignore clickbait articles.
For lithium, it was ~300% up in a year and back to original price in a few months.
You are looking at different horizons. It might be up year over year but month over month if it trends down that information is more accurate as to where the future price will grow.