Roskill forecasts increasing dependence of Li market on batteries; switch from portable electronics to hybrids
Green Car Congress
MAY 20, 2013
Batteries accounted for 27% of global lithium consumption in 2012, up from 15% in 2007 and 8% in 2002. Lithium extraction, which totalled more than 168,000t LCE in 2012, is undertaken predominately in Australia, Chile, Argentina and China, with roughly half of lithium output from hard rock sources and half from brine.
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