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Global lithium mine production 2010-2017

Lithium mine production worldwide from 2010 to 2017 (in metric tons of lithium content)

The data presents the mine production of lithium worldwide from 2010 to 2017. In 2017, the (rounded) worldwide mine production of lithium (excluding U.S. production) amounted to 43 thousand metric tons of lithium content.

2010 28100
2011 34100
2012 35000
2013 34000
2014 31700
2015 31500
2016 38000
2017 43000