
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Promnitz, Steve 
T1  - Lithium: Fundamental Supply/Demand, The Lithium Brines of South America and Exploration/Development Methodologies
JF  - ASEG Extended Abstracts
JO  - ASEG Extended Abstracts
Y1  - 2018
VL  - 2018
IS  - 1
SP  - 1
EP  - 1
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/ASEG2018ABT7_1E 
N2  - Demand for electric vehicles has surprised to the upside in the past year with a widening realisation of a significant shortfall in supply of lithium for lithium ion batteries from both hard rock and brine sources. South American lithium brines contribute approximately 50% of global lithium supply but new supply developments are choked in the short to medium time due to development timelines and regulatory restrictions. Current exploration and development methodologies of lithium brines are reviewed with the latest extraction techniques summarised. 
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