Kazakhstan: large lithium reserves available

At a meeting in Zhetysu region the Head of State said that Kazakhstan had large lithium reserves by various estimates ranging from 50 to 100,000 tons. The country’s geological service should speed up its activities in this direction, as development and exploration require large investments. The region has good industrial growth dynamics. Since the start…

Russia: lithium consumption low

According to VIAM CEO Yevgeniy Kablov, Russia experiences the problem of the lithium manufacture. The only lithium manufacturer in Russia is the Novosibirsk Works of Chemical Concentrates (NZKH), which supplies lithium both to the domestic customers and abroad. The enterprise started manufacturing lithium in 1960s. But Russia has no developed raw materials base to produce…