Overall supply and demand of lithium for batteries by sector, 2016-2022

Last updated 26 Apr 2023

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IEA analysis based on Mineral Commodity Summary 2022 by USGS (2022)(https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/mcs2022), lithium global supply-demand balance (January 2023) from S&P Global (2023) and World Metal Statistics Yearbook by WBMS (2022).

Notes

Supply covers refinery output and not mining output. Metals cover the alloying applications.

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