Lithium Mineral, Carbonate, and Metal Producers

According to a report by Roskill Information Services published in 2003, the lithium market is characterized by a high degree of consolidation. Actually, three major producers—Sons of Gwalia in Australia, Tanco in Canada, and Bikita Minerals in Zimbabwe—represent the major lithium mineral producers, while Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA (SQM) and Sociedad Chilena de Litio (SCL) control the world s supply of lithium carbonate, and Chemetall GmbH of Germany and FMC Corp. of the USA dominate the manufacture of lithium metal and hthium chemicals. 

Sons of Gwalia Ltd. 16 Parliament Place, West Perth, Western Australia, 6005 

Tantalum Mining Corp. (TANCO) Bernic Lake, Lac Du Bonnet, Manitoba, ROE lAO, Canada 

Bikita Minerals Private P.O. Box UA323, Harare, Zimbabwe 

Chemetall Foote Corp. (formerly Cyprus Foote Company, wholly ovmed subsidiary of Chemetall GmbH), first company to produce lithium from brines Chemetall GmbH 

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