Component
Lithium carbonate
Battery-grade lithium carbonate refined from domestic lithium feedstock.
Criticality
Critical
Unit cost
$18K
Quality
70 / 100
US saturation
6.9
Made in US
8,000 tonnes
Current demand
120,000 tonnes
US exports
640 tonnes
Opportunity score
64.1
Domestic vs international supply
Planned US investment, next 5 years
$4B
Expected extra output: 56,000 tonnes per year