Article on lithium is up by the Economist, image shows a lot of pertinent information. Australian output of LCE the same as Chile for 2016 and therefore 3/4 of the output of the total brine triangle (propped up by potash credits). More over investment was massive in Australia back in 2015 , far greater than the South Americans (3% of Australian GDP or $30 billion US roughly, compared with 9% Chile's GDP or $7 billion USD. Argentina was a bit higher at $12 billion roughly)
Forget brine, forget potash, the world has. Ship the spodumene now.
