A white powder (LiCO3) used in manufacturing glass and ceramics and as a drug; the drug (trade names Lithane or Lithonate or Eskalith) is used to treat some forms of depression and manic episodes of manic-depressive disorder.
Albemarle produces only lithiumcarbonate in Chile, used commonly in consumer electronics.
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All are normally converted for pricing into lithiumcarbonate, largely used for battery manufacture.
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Maricunga has an initial resource of 574,000 tonnes of lithiumcarbonate.
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Current global demand is 16,000 tons per year, or 84,000 tons of lithiumcarbonate.
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SQM said in October it was facing delays in upgrading its lithiumcarbonate plant, which processes lithium from Salar de Atacama.
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Nor does lithium (which in its drug form is a salt, lithiumcarbonate) work the way we expect drugs to.
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The role of residual lithiumcarbonate in the electrochemistry and outgassing of lithium transition-metal oxides (TMOs) has been largely overlooked.
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From concentrates to battery-grade lithiumcarbonate is a big leap technologically, but also a big leap in terms of funding, he said.
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Salar Blanco aims to produce 20,000 tons of lithiumcarbonate per year and 58,000 tons of potassium chloride.
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But they also cautioned that the final deal size could be smaller than that due to the steep drop in lithiumcarbonate prices.
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The joint venture will produce 100,000 tonnes annually of lithiumcarbonate equivalent to feed a lithium hydroxide plant.
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A year later, SQM invested $110 million into the project to produce lithiumcarbonate and hydroxide for batteries used in electric vehicles.
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Prospect is producing 100 kg a month of lithiumcarbonate at a pilot plant, the first time this has been done in Africa, Chimbodza said.
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The court ruling calls into jeopardy SQM's $400 million plan to expand its lithiumcarbonate production plant to feed appetite for the ultralight battery metal.
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Industry website Asian Metal says lithiumcarbonate, the compound used in batteries, has jumped by 76 percent in the past 12 months.
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Albemarle is planning to expand its lithiumcarbonate equivalent capacity to 165,000 tonnes by 2021 from 89,000 tonnes this year, a spokesperson said.