Electric cars and smartphones to drive lithium demand
Lithium demand is rising sharply, and having risen this year prices are expected to increase further in coming years
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- New demand sources
- Consumer electronics
- Electric cars
- Electric buses
- Home storage
- Utility-scale storage
- Lithium production
- Brine evaporation
- Hard rock mining
- Clay and shale mining
- Lithium reserves
- New projects
- New production
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_350.jpg "A lithium battery pack is seen at the Auto China 2016 show in Beijing (Reuters/Damir Sagolj)")