Main lithium producers in the worldAustralia produces the most lithium in the world right now: 55 thousand tons per year. Australia also has the second largest lithium reserve: 5.7 million tons (note: Australia produces only a little less than 1% of its reserves per year!)
Chile comes second (26 thousand tons/year, with 9.2 million tons of reserves, the biggest in the world), and China is third with 14 thousand tons mined with 1.5 million tons of reserves (note: here too, production is only about 1% of the total). Although Brazil and (suddenly) Portugal each produce 1.5% of their reserves per year
If you think about it, it seems that at the current growth rate of lithium consumption (for the same batteries in electric cars, which may one day have to replace all conventional cars in the name of the "green" agenda) - its reserves will not last long. Well, the cost of electric cars and green energy (which must be stored due to its irregularity) is clearly not going to fall.
