Global lithium production.
Argentina lithium producers.
Total global production excluding the u s amounted to 70 000 metric tons.
Argentina has lithium reserves of 9 000 000 tons and the salar del hombre muerto district is a part of the so called lithium triangle which is believed to be home to half of the world s lithium reserves.
In 2016 for the first time argentina overtook china to become the third largest producer of lithium.
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The top five countries for lithium production in 2018 were australia chile china argentina and zimbabwe.
The asian country saw its lithium supply grow to 7 500 mt last year from 7 100.
Livent s focus is their flagship argentina lithium brine mine and their production facilities for both carbonate and hydroxide.
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China came third for lithium production in 2019 beating argentina by 1 100 mt.
Albemarle is one of the largest lithium producers in the world with 5 000 employees and customers in 100 different countries worldwide.
Lithium production in argentina amounted to an estimated 6 400 metric tons in 2019 the same value reported in the previous year.
Australia produced 51 000 metric tons of lithium that year the latest for which figures are available.