Argentina’s Growing Lithium Industry Hits Export Records

  • Exports rose to $60m in May, up 17% from same month in 2022
  • Lithium exports represented 19% of country’s mining exports
Evaporation pools at a lithium mine in Catamarca province, Argentina.Photographer: Anita Pouchard Serra/Bloomberg
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Argentina’s growing lithium industry hit a record high with exports rising to $60m in May, up 17% from the same month a year ago, according to the country’s mining authority.

Lithium represented 19% of mining exports during May, Argentina’s mining secretariat said Saturday in a press release.