{"id":75159,"date":"2023-04-04T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-04T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/noticias\/canada-estimates-lithium-demand-to-increase-500-by-2050\/"},"modified":"2023-04-04T15:25:05","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T19:55:05","slug":"canada-estimates-lithium-demand-to-increase-500-by-2050","status":"publish","type":"noticias","link":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/canada-estimates-lithium-demand-to-increase-500-by-2050\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada estimates lithium demand to increase 500% by 2050"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Inspenet, April 4, 2023<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/piedmontlithium.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/piedmontlithium.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Piedmont Lithium<\/a> aims to become one of the largest lithium hydroxide producers in North America, by processing concentrates produced from assets that include an open pit mine in Quebec.<\/p>\n\n<p>They estimate to capitalize on the bullish forecasts on the prospects of lithium, a key ingredient in the production of batteries for electric vehicles (EV).<\/p>\n\n<p>On the other hand, Albemarle Corp. it expects China&#8217;s electric vehicle market to rise 40% this year, or at least 3.0 million vehicles, boosting demand for the battery metal.<\/p>\n\n<p>Such forecasts are prompting governments and automakers in the US and Canada to invest heavily in a bid to develop locally grown lithium supply chains in support of their clean energy and climate change goals.<\/p>\n\n<p>The Canadian government said lithium demand is projected to rise 500% by 2050 due to growing domestic battery manufacturing and a forward-looking transportation ecosystem.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.inspenet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/05044609\/1612-grafico-litio-demanda-Canada.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-75113\" width=\"767\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.inspenet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/05044609\/1612-grafico-litio-demanda-Canada.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.inspenet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/05044609\/1612-grafico-litio-demanda-Canada-300x166.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.inspenet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/05044609\/1612-grafico-litio-demanda-Canada-768x426.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.inspenet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/05044609\/1612-grafico-litio-demanda-Canada-624x346.jpg 624w, https:\/\/cdn.inspenet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/05044609\/1612-grafico-litio-demanda-Canada-600x333.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 767px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lithium demand by 2050. Chart: Benchmark<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>After trading at near-record levels in 2022, the price of lithium is expected to fluctuate this year but remain at levels that support new projects, at least in the short term, analysts said.<\/p>\n\n<p>However, the US and Canadian governments remain challenged by the fact that by 2022, 79% of global lithium production will come from Australia, Chile and Argentina.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Maximum lithium mining production by country in 2022<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>(in metric tons)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.inspenet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/05044608\/1612-grafico-litio-demanda-Canada-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-75115\" width=\"760\" height=\"487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.inspenet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/05044608\/1612-grafico-litio-demanda-Canada-2.jpg 884w, https:\/\/cdn.inspenet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/05044608\/1612-grafico-litio-demanda-Canada-2-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.inspenet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/05044608\/1612-grafico-litio-demanda-Canada-2-768x493.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.inspenet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/05044608\/1612-grafico-litio-demanda-Canada-2-624x400.jpg 624w, https:\/\/cdn.inspenet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/05044608\/1612-grafico-litio-demanda-Canada-2-600x385.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lithium mining production by country. Graphic: Mining Heading<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<p>North American lithium production, by comparison, accounts for less than 2.0% of current global demand.<\/p>\n\n<p>Against that backdrop, some countries risk that without sufficient supply, critical minerals will become a hindrance rather than an enabler in the energy transition phase, Canada&#8217;s Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said. As a result, developing a supply chain for lithium and other critical minerals has become a priority in the US and Canada.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong> : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rumbominero.com\/canada\/canada-demanda-de-litio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.rumbominero.com\/canada\/canada-demanda-de-litio\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Photo<\/strong>: ShutterStock<\/p>\n\n<p>Don&#8217;t miss the <strong>Inspenet News<\/strong> at: <a href=\"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/inspenet-tv\/\">https:\/\/inspenet.com\/inspenet-tv\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inspenet, April 4, 2023<br \/>\nPiedmont Lithium aims to become one of the largest lithium hydroxide producers in North America, by processing concentrates produced from assets that include an open pit mine in Quebec.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7047,"featured_media":75118,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categoria_noticias":[13030,13060],"etiqueta_noticias":[],"class_list":["post-75159","noticias","type-noticias","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categoria_noticias-industry","categoria_noticias-mining"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/75159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/noticias"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7047"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/75159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categoria_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria_noticias?post=75159"},{"taxonomy":"etiqueta_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/etiqueta_noticias?post=75159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}