Ua pilikia ka mākeke lithium me ka piʻi nui ʻana o ke kumukūʻai i nā makahiki i hala iho nei e like me ka neʻe ʻana o ka noi mai nā kaʻa uila a hoʻāʻo ka ulu ʻana o ka lako honua e hoʻomau.
Ke hoʻokomo nei nā poʻe miners liʻiliʻi i ka mākeke lithium me nā papahana hou e hoʻokūkū nei - ʻo ka mokuʻāina ʻo US ʻo Nevada ka piko pele e kū mai ana a kahi i loaʻa ai nā papahana lithium kiʻekiʻe ʻekolu o kēia makahiki.
Ma kahi kiʻi kiʻi o ka pipeline papahana honua, hāʻawi ka ʻikepili Mining Intelligence i kahi kūlana o ka pālolo nui loa a me nā papahana pōhaku paʻakikī ma 2023, e pili ana i ka nui o nā kumuwaiwai lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) a ana ʻia i loko o ka miliona tonnes (mt).
E hoʻohui kēia mau papahana i ka ulu ʻana o ka hoʻoulu ʻana me ka hoʻopuka honua i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e kokoke i 1 miliona tonnes i kēia makahiki e piʻi ana i 1.5 miliona tonnes i 2025, pālua ka pae hana ma 2022.
#1 McDermitt
Kūlana hoʻomohala: Prefeasibility // Geology: Sediment host
ʻO ka luna o ka papa inoa ka papahana McDermitt, aia ma ka palena ʻo Nevada-Oregon ma US a nona nā Jindalee Resources.ʻO ka mea miner Australian i kēia makahiki ua hoʻonui i ka waiwai i 21.5 mt LCE, ma luna o 65% mai ka 13.3 miliona tonnes i hōʻike ʻia i ka makahiki i hala.
#2 Thacker Pass
Kūlana hoʻomohala: Kūkulu // Geology: Hoʻokipa ʻia ka lepo
Ma ka lua o ka papa hana ʻo Lithium Americas 'Thacker Pass ma ke komohana ʻākau o Nevada me 19 mt LCE.Ua hoʻopiʻi ʻia ka papahana e nā hui kaiapuni, akā ua wehe ke Keʻena Kalaiaina o ʻAmelika i kekahi o nā mea pale hope loa i ka hoʻomohala ʻana ma hope o ka hōʻole ʻana o ka luna kānāwai pekelala i ka ʻōlelo ʻana e hoʻopōʻino pono ʻole ka papahana i ke kaiapuni.I kēia makahiki ua hoʻolaha ʻo General Motors e hoʻolilo ʻo ia i $650 miliona ma Lithium Americas e kōkua iā ia e hoʻomohala i ka papahana.
#3 ʻO Bonnie Claire
Kūlana hoʻomohala: Hoʻoholo waiwai mua // Geology: Hoʻokipa ʻia ka lepo
ʻO ka papahana Bonnie Claire ʻo Nevada Lithium Resources ʻO ke awāwa ʻo Sarcobatus ʻo Nevada ua paheʻe mai ke kūlana kiʻekiʻe o ka makahiki i hala a i ke kolu o ka wahi me 18.4 mt LCE.
#4 Manono
Kūlana hoʻomohala: Feasibility // Geology: Pegamite
Aia ka papahana Manono ma ka Lepupalika Demokarata o Kongo ma ka ha o kahi me ka waiwai 16.4 mt.ʻO ka mea nona ka hapa nui, ʻo Australian miner AVZ Minerals, paʻa i ka 75% o ka waiwai, a aia i loko o kahi hoʻopaʻapaʻa kānāwai me Zijin o Kina no ke kūʻai ʻana i kahi 15% stake.
#5 Nā Pāpā ʻo Tonopah
Kūlana hoʻomohala: ʻimi ʻimi kiʻekiʻe // Geology: Hoʻokipa ʻia ka lepo
He mea hou mai ka American Battery Technology Co's Tonopah Flats ma Nevada i ka papa inoa o keia makahiki, a e lawe ana i ka lima me ka 14.3 mt LCE.ʻO ka papahana Tonopah Flats ma Big Smoky Valley e hoʻopuni ana i 517 mau koi lode i hoʻopaʻa ʻole ʻia e uhi ana ma kahi o 10,340 mau ʻeka, a na ABTC e hoʻomalu i ka 100% o nā koi lode eli.
#6 Sonora
Kūlana hoʻomohala: Kūkulu // Geology: Hoʻokipa ʻia ka lepo
ʻO Ganfeng Lithium's Sonora ma Mexico, ka papahana lithium kiʻekiʻe loa ma ka ʻāina, hele mai i ka helu ʻeono me 8.8 mt LCE.ʻOiai ua hoʻolaha ʻo Mexico i kāna mau waihona lithium i ka makahiki i hala, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Pelekikena Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador ua makemake kona aupuni e ʻae i ka ʻaelike me ka hui ma luna o ka mining lithium.
#7 Cinovic
Kūlana hoʻomohala: Hiki ke kūpono // Geology: Greisen
ʻO ka papahana Cinovec ma Czech Republic, ka waihona lithium pōhaku paʻa nui loa ma ʻEulopa, aia i ka hiku o ka wahi me 7.3 mt LCE.Loaʻa iā CEZ ka 51% a me ka European Metal Holdings 49%.I Ianuali, ua helu ʻia ka papahana ma ke ʻano he hoʻolālā no ka ʻāina ʻo Usti o Czech Republic.
#8 Goulamina
Kūlana hoʻomohala: Kūkulu // Geology: Pegamite
Aia ka papahana Goulamina ma Mali ma ka ʻewalu o ka wahi me 7.2 mt LCE.He 50/50 JV ma waena o Gangfeng Lithium a me Leo Lithium, ke hoʻolālā nei nā hui e hana i kahi noiʻi e hoʻonui i ka mana hana hui o Goulamina Stage 1 a me 2.
#9 mauna ʻo Holland – Earl Grey Lithium
Kūlana hoʻomohala: Kūkulu // Geology: Pegamite
ʻO ka mea miner Chile SQM a me Australia's Wesfarmers hui pū ʻana, ʻo Mount Holland-Earl Grey Lithium ma Western Australia, e loaʻa i ka ʻeiwa me kahi kumu waiwai 7 mt.
#10 ʻO Jadara
Kūlana hoʻomohala: He kūpono // Geology: Hoʻokipa ʻia ka lepo
Hoʻopau ka papahana Jadar a Rio Tinto ma Serbia i ka papa inoa me kahi kumu waiwai 6.4 mt.Ke kū nei ka lua o ka mea miner nui loa o ka honua i nā kūʻē kūloko no ka papahana, akā ke nānā nei i ka hoʻāla hou ʻana a makemake e wehe hou i nā kamaʻilio me ke aupuni Serbian ma hope o ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā laikini ma 2022 i pane i nā kūʻē i hoʻāla ʻia e nā hopohopo kaiapuni.
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