Lithium Renewable Energy Analysis

Lithium Global Supply and Production

Date posted: 2023/01/13

Lithium Supply

End use of Lithium is for :

batteries, 74%;

ceramics and glass, 14%;

lubricating greases, 3%;

continuous casting mold flux powders, 2%;

polymer production, 2%;

air treatment, 1%; and

other uses, 4%

Lithium Supply

World's has identified lithium resources of 89-million-tonnes
Substitution for lithium compounds is possible in batteries, etc

Brine based lithium - Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, China, and the United States
Mineral-based lithium - Australia, Austria, Brazil,
Canada, China, Congo (Kinshasa), Czechia, Finland, Germany, Mali, Namibia, Peru, Portugal, Serbia, Spain, the United States, and Zimbabwe

Country	Deposits in tonnnes	2021 Production
Chile	9.2M	26,000
Australia	5.7M	55000
Argentina	2.2M	6200
China	1.5M	14000
United States	0.75M	2,900
Canada	0.37M	22,000
Zimbabwe	.23M	1200
Brazil	.095M	0
Portugal	0.9M	0
Other	2.77M	0

Recycling: recycled lithium metal and lithium-ion batteries

Lithium Demand

The Lithium market was around $8 billion/year globally or 100,000tonnes in 2021 Growing at 21% per year. Demand for them is expected to increase fivefold by 2030.

Sources - usgs.gov
URL - Lithium Global Supply and Production

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