As of 2018, the demand for lithium was almost evenly distributed worldwide between industrial and battery applications. A projection for 2030 suggests that industrial demand of this light metal will decrease dramatically, and battery applications will account for around ** percent of the global lithium demand, which is expected to amount to around *** million metric tons of lithium carbonate (LCE) equivalent in that year.
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