SQm expects lithium demand to grow 20% this year, prices to fall

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Sao Paulo—Global lithium demand should grow at least 20% in 2019 compared with 2018, driven by batteries for electric vehicles, Chilean producer SQM said in its annual report. According to SQM, the demand for lithium chemicals increased around 27% year on year in 2018, reaching about 269,000 mt.