Lithium Profile
· ₹1,800.79/kg today · Live chart →
The metal the entire electric-vehicle industry is built on top of — mined two completely different ways, and priced with a volatility that turned early investors into instant case studies.
Where Lithium Is Produced & Consumed
Among this site's tracked countries:
Notable producers
Major consumers
Two Very Different Ways to Mine the Same Metal
Australia mines more lithium than any other country, almost entirely from hard-rock spodumene deposits in Western Australia, while Argentina — part of South America's brine-based "Lithium Triangle" alongside Chile and Bolivia — extracts it from salt-flat brine instead. Same element, genuinely different industries.
China Controls the Middle of the Chain
Even without mining most of the world's lithium, China dominates the refining step that turns raw spodumene or brine concentrate into battery-grade lithium, and builds the large majority of the world's battery cells — the part of the supply chain that captures the most value sits there, not at the mine.
Did You Know?
Lithium prices went through one of the sharpest boom-and-bust cycles of any metal on this site between 2021 and 2024 — a swing large enough to make gold's volatility look tame by comparison.
Frequently Asked Questions
The Lithium price in India today is ₹1,800.79 per kilogram as of August 4, 2026. See the live price and chart for the full 10-day trend.
Lithium's buyers are overwhelmingly battery manufacturers building EV packs and grid-scale energy storage, with a smaller, steadier slice going to consumer-electronics batteries and legacy uses in ceramics and glass.
Among the countries tracked on this site, Australia, Argentina are notable producers, while China, USA, South Korea, Japan, Germany are among the largest consumers.
Lithium is tracked on Fastmarkets — see each exchange's market profile for how it actually works.
