GLOBAL DEMAND, APPLICATION, PRODUCTION SCALE OF LITHIUM COMPOUNDS

Demand for lithium is growing rapidly as its use increases in a variety of applications such as rechargeable batteries, light aircraft alloys and fusion. Demand for lithium is expected to triple by 2025 at the expense of batteries, especially those used in electric vehicles. To meet the growing consumption of lithium, it is necessary to increase the production of lithium from various resources. The reserves of lithium resources in salt water of salt lakes, sea and geothermal water are 70-80% of the total, which are excellent raw materials for lithium extraction. Compared with minerals, the recovery of lithium from water resources is promising because this water recovery of lithium is more common, more environmentally friendly, and cost effective. There are many ways to extract lithium from water resources. Among the existing methods, the adsorption method is more promising in terms of production method. Therefore, important advances in the field of ion-exchange-adsorption methods for extracting lithium from water resources have been studied in detail.