An Overview of the Lithium Supply Chain
By Thomas Brady, Ph.D., CoBank Executive Director, J.P. Morgan Center for Commodities, University of Colorado Denver Business School; and Managing Director and Editor, Commodities Report, Capitalight Research, Canada
This digest article provides an overview of the global lithium supply chain from the mining of ore through the processing of intermediate compounds to the manufacture of lithium-ion batteries. Driven by increasing global demand for batteries, the search for new mine supply sources and processing techniques alongside the evolution of battery chemistries, this supply flow is guaranteed to change in the future.
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