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Going Forward The Best Companies Will Promote Lithium Batteries.

Here’s a little Jeopardy trivia for you beneath the category of MINERALS and Lithium Stocks . This soft, silver-coloured,  reacts with water "it explodes", and is also magnetic and is actually found in brine, and also igneous rock.  . Discovered in 1817 by Swedish chemist Johan Artwedson, who isolated it as a salt, it was a 7-Up soft drink ingredient until 1950 and is today a common pharmaceutical prescribed to treat mental illnesses such as depression and bi-polar disorder.

It is used in air conditioning and industrial drying systems, is caustic, poses a gamble to unborn and breastfed babies and is in many batteries, ceramics, lubricating greases, optical glass and thermonuclear weapons.

If you answered “What is lithium?” you are correct and qualify to bypass the rest of this article. If on the other hand, you’d like to know more about lithium trends and future forecasts, you may proceed to the next level.

Lithium enjoyed expanding markets significantly from WW2 up until 2008. Its only been lately that the require and growth  was largely due to increased lithium battery usage in lap top computers, cell phones and electric tools. In 2009, global and North American recession depressed lithium demands resulting in excess supply, a lithium battery situation that is hugly anticipated by the market analysts to steam ahead over the next five to ten years.  .

Lithium consultants TRU Group Inc., hired by Mitsubishi to perform a market forecast, anticipate growth beginning again from 2015-17 until 2020 with the need for a new lithium pipeline and producers in order to keep up with demand.

While the price of lithium has seemed to remain constant, a dropping US dollar has by artificial means boosted lithium prices. (I.E. if the dollar had retained its value, lithium would have decreased in cost). Their are a few forecasters that say businesses hope an increase in lithium based vehicle sales boosting lithium markets.  Increased incentives and Taxex should be decreased for people using battery operated cars, this would boost the economies need to significantly increase the e-car market for lithium due to increased battery demands nevertheless caution is prudent as continued recession could negatively impact the market leaving the current situation of lithium supplies in a surplus and costs decreased for years to come.

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