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LITHIUM MINERALS AND BRINE: WORLD PRODUCTION, BY COUNTRY1, 2
(Metric tons, gross weight)
 
----------------------------------------- Country3   2011   2012   2013   2014   2015e  
Argentina, subsurface brine:
Lithium carbonate-   10,024 10,535 9,248 11,698 14,137 4
Lithium chloride   4,605   4,297   5,156   7,370   5,848 4
Australia, spodumene   421,391   456,921   415,000 r 463,000 r 490,000  
Brazil, concentrates--   7,820   7,084   7,982   8,519   8,500  
Chile, subsurface brine:              
Lithium carbonate   59,933   62,002   52,358   55,074   50,418 4
Lithium chloride   3,864   4,145   4,091   2,985   2,069 4
Lithium hydroxide   5,800   5,447   4,197   4,194   3,888 4
China, lithium carbonate equivalente, 5   11,300   10,000   11,200   10,100   10,700  
Portugal, lepidolite--   37,534   20,698   19,940   17,459   17,120 4
United States, carbonate   W   W   4,600 6 W   W  
Zimbabwe, amblygonite, eucryptite, lepidolite, and petalitee   48,000 4 53,000 4 50,000 r 50,000 r 50,000  
eEstimated. rRevised. W Withheld to avoid disclosing company proprietary data.-
1Includes data available through March 23, 2017.
2Estimated data are rounded to no more than three significant digits.
3In addition to the countries listed, other nations may have produced small quantities of lithium minerals, but output was not reported,-
and no valid basis was available for estimating production levels.
4Reported figure.
5Produced from subsurface brine and concentrates.
6Source: Rockwood Holdings, Inc., 2014, 2013 annual report: Rockwood Holdings, Inc., p. 16.
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Source: United States Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program

See also: Mineral commodity prices


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