SectorsLithium

Lithium

feedstockCRMA Annex I — lithium — battery grade

The metal both lithium chemistries are named after, and the one the Union lists in a battery grade of its own. It is recorded against the routes that use it rather than against the industry, because no site here is sourced as consuming a stated tonnage of it.

Read in Batteries and solar.

Consumed by

  • Gigafactory-scale cell manufacturingsince 2023-07-12“Accompany the battery with documentation stating the percentage of cobalt, lithium or nickel in active materials recovered from battery manufacturing waste or post-consumer waste, and the percentage of lead recovered from waste, per model per year per manufacturing site.” — data/battery.json · The Batteries Regulation states that lithium is in the active materials of the batteries it covers, which is the Union's own reading of what a cell is made of.
  • Lithium iron phosphate cellssince 2024-12-10“Lithium iron phosphate cells” — data/transition/technologies.json · The chemistry is named for the metal, which is as direct as an evidenced consumption edge gets.

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