The world''s largest lithium-producing mine is Talison Lithium and Albemarle''s Greenbushes hard-rock mine in Australia, which put out 1.49 million MT of spodumene concentrate in 2023.
Stardust Power, a lithium refiner supplying the EV sector, is going to build the US''s largest battery-grade lithium refinery in Oklahoma. The refinery will be in Southside...
The global lithium-ion battery market was valued at $52 billion in 2022 and is expected to reach $194 billion in 2030. The infographic above uses data from the United States Geological Survey to explore the world''s largest lithium producing countries.
The Largest Lithium Miners. The world''s largest lithium producer, Albemarle Corporation, operates at the Chilean resource of Salar de Atacama in partnership with the second biggest producer, Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM). Salar de Atacama is home to almost a quarter of the world''s current supply of lithium and has been in
In a spotlight on the world''s top producing lithium mines — covering a significant amount of global lithium production — Mining Intelligence data provides a ranking of the biggest operations
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Stardust Power, a lithium refiner supplying the EV sector, is going to build the US''s largest battery-grade lithium refinery in Oklahoma.
The refinery will be in Southside Industrial Park in Muskogee, Oklahoma, southeast of Tulsa, and is expected to be capable of producing up to 50,000 metric tonnes of battery-grade lithium annually.
Connecticut-based Stardust Power said it selected Muskogee because of the state''s central US location for delivery and shipment. Muskogee also has a skilled workforce trained in oil and gas engineering.
It will use Port Muskogee on the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System to ship lithium brine water to the refinery, where it will derive the lithium, and then use the same inland waterway system to ship battery-grade lithium out.
Roshan Pujari, founder and CEO of Stardust Power, said, "Currently there is no large-scale refinery for battery-grade lithium in the United States When fully operational, our new lithium refinery will both speed America''s energy transition and boost Oklahoma''s local economy"
Stardust Power''s refinery is expected to be eligible to receive up to $257 million in state and federal economic incentives for the facility''s buildout. The company currently expects to break ground in the first half of 2024.
In November, Stardust Power announced it was set to list on the Nasdaq through a SPAC deal with acquisition company Global Partner Acquisition Corp (Nasdaq: GPAC).
In 2022, Oklahoma ranked third in the US for electricity generation from wind, which accounted for 93% of the state''s total renewable generation. But with five petroleum refineries, it''s also the country''s fifth-largest producer of marketed natural gas and the sixth-largest producer of crude oil.
Photo: Port Muskogee
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Lithium is a crucial component in the batteries that power the electric vehicles the world needs to accelerate the green energy transition. Lithium prices were white hot late last year, peaking in December at around $70,000 a tonne, but discounts offered by Chinese battery giant CATL to automakers contributed to a price drop earlier this year.
In the long term, McKinsey Battery Insights predicts that the entire lithium-ion battery chain, from mining through recycling, could grow by over 30% annually to 2030, reaching a value of more than $400 billion and a market size of 4.7 TWh.
In a spotlight on the world’s top producing lithium mines — covering a significant amount of global lithium production — Mining Intelligence data provides a ranking of the biggest operations, based on lithium in concentrate produced in 2022 and measured in kilotonnes.
In first place is Albemarle’s Greenbushes lithium mine in Australia, which produced 37.5 kilotonnes of lithium in 2022. Former JV partner Tianqi Lithium invested $382 million to increase production in 2018, but Albemarle took full control in 2020 as Tianqi sold assets to pay down debts.
In second place is SQM’s operation at the Salar de Atacama – the largest salt flat in Chile. SQM produced 29.5 kilotonnes of lithium last year, as it worked on a project to cut its use of freshwater and brinefrom the Atacama Desert to mitigate the overall impact of its lithium operations in one of the driest places in the world.
Pilbara Minerals’ Pilgangoora mine in Australia is in third place with 13.1 kilotonnes lithium produced. Last year, Pilbara invested $205 million to increase output at Pilgangoora.
Fourth place goes to Albemarle’s operations, extracting brine at a different portion of the massive Salar de Atacama in Chile, producing 10 kilotonnes of lithium in 2022.
Gannfeng Lithium and Mineral Resources’ Mt Marion mine in Australia is in fifth place with 9.4 kilotonnes of lithium produced.
Albemarle and Mineral Resources’ jointly owned Wodgina mine in Australia is in sixth place with 4.9 kilotonnes produced. The companies pulled off a speedy restart of operations at Wodgina last yearafter they were halted in late 2019because of then-weak markets.
Livent Corp’s operations at the Salar de Hombre Muerto in Argentina take seventh place with 3.2 kilotonnes produced. Last year, General Motors prepaid the company $198 million for a guaranteed six-year supply of lithium.
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