battery_metal · primary
Battery metal at the centre of the EV transition. Production has tripled since 2018 Australian spodumene + South American brine dominate. US output is climbing (Silver Peak NV; Thacker Pass under construction) but remains <2% of global supply.
Supply · in the ground
Provenance
10 countries shown · USGS-defined economic reserves
Supply · named deposits
744 distinct deposits across the roster
Geographic spread
United States 446 · Argentina 34 · Canada 33 · Zimbabwe 32 · Bolivia 26
Named producers
Resource & reserve estimates
Supply · geochemical abundance
USGS National Geochemical Database · sorted by detection · detected-sample concentration
Supply · out of the ground
Supply
14 sources · click to verify
USGS USMIN · deposit-level contained-metal estimates