Is Lithium A Rare Earth. But its highly prized as if it were a rare earth metal because its a vital commodity for the emerging green energy sector. Every element in the Earths crust is finite and some are rarer than others.
It may be relatively rare on the earth compared to other elements but it is not in the rare-earth category of elements higher than element 56 near the bottom of the periodic table. Lithium the third element in the periodic table is a soft silvery-white alkali metal. When it comes to rare-earth elements however China is dominant in a staggering way.
Similarly lithium production is largely in two countries Argentina and Chile which jointly account for nearly 80 of world supply while four countries Argentina Chile the DRC and Peru.
And while China produces 11 of the worlds lithium its responsible for nearly 60 of processed lithium. And while China produces 11 of the worlds lithium its responsible for nearly 60 of processed lithium. Sites in this database occur in Arkansas California. The atmosphere contains only.
