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  <dc:creator>B.W. Jaskula</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2012</dc:date>
  <dc:description>In 2011, world lithium consumption was estimated to have been about 25 kt (25,000 st) of lithium contained in minerals and compounds, a 10-percent increase from 2010. U.S. consumption was estimated to have been about 2 kt (2,200 st) of contained lithium, a 100-percent increase from 2010. The United States was estimated to be the fourth-ranked consumer of lithium and remained the leading importer of lithium carbonate and the leading producer of value-added lithium materials. One company, Chemetall Foote Corp. (a subsidiary of Chemetall GmbH of Germany), produced lithium compounds from domestic brine resources near Silver Peak, NV.</dc:description>
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  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>SME</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Lithium</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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