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Roskill forecasts increasing dependence of Li market on batteries; switch from portable electronics to hybrids

Green Car Congress

Batteries accounted for 27% of global lithium consumption in 2012, up from 15% in 2007 and 8% in 2002. In 2012, East Asia accounted for 60% of total global consumption with Europe accounting for a further 24% and North America 9%. Galaxy Resources commissioned a new 17,000 tpy LCE mineral conversion plant in China in 2012.

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Oversold Lithium could be about to rally

Green Car Congress

Shares of major lithium producers and explorers including Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (NYSE:SQM), Albemarle Corp. That’s certainly a massive production ramp-up considering that global production in 2017 totaled just over 200kt. Currently, the EV market accounts for about 47 percent of global lithium demand.

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Climate impact of lithium-ion batteries & how to measure it 

Electric Vehicles India

A supply chain that starts with mining and material extraction to then continue with conversion and refining of the materials and producing of battery chemicals, cells and pack. At current, the battery value chain is all global and often including all production on populated continents. Climate impact of the battery supply chain.