Leaders optimistic North America lithium supply gap can be eliminated

At the Battery Show North America in Novi, Michigan, in September, a panel of leaders addressed North America's lithium supply challenges and how aggressive movement from companies and governments will attempt to address the problem.

Moderator James Frith, a principal with Volta Energy Technologies, opened by laying out the extreme challenges, including the fact that a decade ago, 75% of the world's lithium supply came from China, Chile and Australia. “By 2030,” he said, those countries' share of all supply will be less than 50%.