The electric vehicle and battery markets are calling for unprecedented amounts of lithium; in 2016, demand for the lightweight metal rose by 26%, and is predicted to climb an additional 39% in 2018. By 2025, experts anticipate demand is likely to increase by a staggering 73%.¹
Lithium carbonate?
Lithium sulphate is very different. Inferior.
AZS has sulphides AFAIK. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Spodumene, the preferred lithium mineral, has been visually identified in many of the pegmatites visited, with very distinctive, coarse-bladed spodumene crystals visually obvious on the weathered surfaces of outcrops (see Images 1 and 2). As would be expected, there is a strong association between the presence of significant spodumene and higher lithium grades. - from the AZS Ann, 20 January 2023. [emphasis added]
Spodumene is a lithium mineral derived from pegmatite rock. Known for its high lithium content, spodumene is the most widely exploited mineral source of lithium.