Minerals commodity
Lithium
DRC (Manono — one of world's largest hard-rock lithium deposits), Ethiopia (potential), Rwanda (exploration)
At a glance
- Family
- Critical & Strategic Minerals
- Sector
- Minerals
- HS code
- 2530.90
- Forms
- 2
Traded forms
- Spodumene Ore & Concentrates
- Hard-rock lithium ore (spodumene, lepidolite)
- Lithium CarbonateHS 2836.91
- Battery-grade lithium carbonate
Frequently asked
- What is Lithium?
- DRC (Manono — one of world's largest hard-rock lithium deposits), Ethiopia (potential), Rwanda (exploration)
- Which forms is Lithium traded in?
- Lithium is traded as: Spodumene Ore & Concentrates, Lithium Carbonate.
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