Global Lithium Carbonate Industry Growth and Trends Forecast to 2031

Summary

Lithium carbonate is an inorganic compound, the lithium salt of carbonate with the formula Li2CO3. This white salt is an important industrial chemical and widely used in many industries, such as battery industry, processing of metal oxides

According to APO Research, The global Lithium Carbonate market was estimated at US$ million in 2025 and is projected to reach a revised size of US$ million by 2031, witnessing a CAGR of xx% during the forecast period 2026-2031.

North American market for Lithium Carbonate is estimated to increase from $ million in 2025 to reach $ million by 2031, at a CAGR of % during the forecast period of 2026 through 2031.

Asia-Pacific market for Lithium Carbonate is estimated to increase from $ million in 2025 to reach $ million by 2031, at a CAGR of % during the forecast period of 2026 through 2031.

Europe market for Lithium Carbonate is estimated to increase from $ million in 2025 to reach $ million by 2031, at a CAGR of % during the forecast period of 2026 through 2031.

The major global manufacturers of Lithium Carbonate include SQM, Albemarle, FMC, Orocobre, Nordic Mining, Tianqi Lithium, Ganfeng Lithium, Ruifu Lithium and Weihua, etc. In 2024, the world's top three vendors accounted for approximately % of the revenue.

Report Scope

This report aims to provide a comprehensive presentation of the global market for Lithium Carbonate, with both quantitative and qualitative analysis, to help readers develop business/growth strategies, assess the market competitive situation, analyze their position in the current marketplace, and make informed business decisions regarding Lithium Carbonate.

The Lithium Carbonate market size, estimations, and forecasts are provided in terms of sales volume (K MT) and revenue ($ millions), considering 2024 as the base year, with history and forecast data for the period from 2020 to 2031. This report segments the global Lithium Carbonate market comprehensively. Regional market sizes, concerning products by Type, by Application, and by players, are also provided. For a more in-depth understanding of the market, the report provides profiles of the competitive landscape, key competitors, and their respective market ranks. The report also discusses technological trends and new product developments.

Key Companies & Market Share Insights

In this section, the readers will gain an understanding of the key players competing. This report has studied the key growth strategies, such as innovative trends and developments, intensification of product portfolio, mergers and acquisitions, collaborations, new product innovation, and geographical expansion, undertaken by these participants to maintain their presence. Apart from business strategies, the study includes current developments and key financials. The readers will also get access to the data related to global revenue, price, and sales by manufacturers for the period 2020-2025. This all-inclusive report will certainly serve the clients to stay updated and make effective decisions in their businesses.

Lithium Carbonate Segment by Company

SQM
Albemarle
FMC
Orocobre
Nordic Mining
Tianqi Lithium
Ganfeng Lithium
Ruifu Lithium
Weihua
QingHai Salt Lake Industry
Yahua
Palith
Tibet Mineral Development

Lithium Carbonate Segment by Type

Industrial Grade Lithium Carbonate
Battery Grade Lithium Carbonate

Lithium Carbonate Segment by Application

Batteries
Glass and Ceramics
Medical
Lubricants
Metallurgy
Other

Lithium Carbonate Segment by Region

North America
United States
Canada
Mexico
Europe
Germany
France
U.K.
Italy
Russia
Spain
Netherlands
Switzerland
Sweden
Poland
Asia-Pacific
China
Japan
South Korea
India
Australia
Taiwan
Southeast Asia
South America
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Colombia
Middle East & Africa
Egypt
South Africa
Israel
Türkiye
GCC Countries

Key Drivers & Barriers

High-impact rendering factors and drivers have been studied in this report to aid the readers to understand the general development. Moreover, the report includes restraints and challenges that may act as stumbling blocks on the way of the players. This will assist the users to be attentive and make informed decisions related to business. Specialists have also laid their focus on the upcoming business prospects.

Reasons to Buy This Report

1. This report will help the readers to understand the competition within the industries and strategies for the competitive environment to enhance the potential profit. The report also focuses on the competitive landscape of the global Lithium Carbonate market, and introduces in detail the market share, industry ranking, competitor ecosystem, market performance, new product development, operation situation, expansion, and acquisition. etc. of the main players, which helps the readers to identify the main competitors and deeply understand the competition pattern of the market.
2. This report will help stakeholders to understand the global industry status and trends of Lithium Carbonate and provides them with information on key market drivers, restraints, challenges, and opportunities.
3. This report will help stakeholders to understand competitors better and gain more insights to strengthen their position in their businesses. The competitive landscape section includes the market share and rank (in volume and value), competitor ecosystem, new product development, expansion, and acquisition.
4. This report stays updated with novel technology integration, features, and the latest developments in the market
5. This report helps stakeholders to gain insights into which regions to target globally
6. This report helps stakeholders to gain insights into the end-user perception concerning the adoption of Lithium Carbonate.
7. This report helps stakeholders to identify some of the key players in the market and understand their valuable contribution.

Chapter Outline

Chapter 1: Introduces the study scope of this report, executive summary of market segments by type, market size segments for North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, South America, Middle East & Africa.
Chapter 2: Introduces the market dynamics, latest developments of the market, the driving factors and restrictive factors of the market, the challenges and risks faced by manufacturers in the industry, and the analysis of relevant policies in the industry.
Chapter 3: Detailed analysis of Lithium Carbonate manufacturers competitive landscape, price, sales, revenue, market share and ranking, latest development plan, merger, and acquisition information, etc.
Chapter 4: Sales, revenue of Lithium Carbonate in regional level. It provides a quantitative analysis of the market size and development potential of each region and introduces the future development prospects, and market space in the world.
Chapter 5: Introduces market segments by application, market size segment for North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, South America, Middle East & Africa.
Chapter 6: Provides profiles of key players, introducing the basic situation of the main companies in the market in detail, including product sales, revenue, price, gross margin, product introduction, recent development, etc.
Chapter 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11: North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, South America, Middle East & Africa, sales and revenue by country.
Chapter 12: Analysis of industrial chain, key raw materials, manufacturing cost, and market dynamics.
Chapter 13: Concluding Insights of the report.

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1 Market Overview

1.1 Product Definition
1.2 Global Market Growth Prospects
1.2.1 Global Lithium Carbonate Market Size Estimates and Forecasts (2020-2031)
1.2.2 Global Lithium Carbonate Sales Estimates and Forecasts (2020-2031)
1.3 Lithium Carbonate Market by Type
1.3.1 Industrial Grade Lithium Carbonate
1.3.2 Battery Grade Lithium Carbonate
1.4 Global Lithium Carbonate Market Size by Type
1.4.1 Global Lithium Carbonate Market Size Overview by Type (2020-2031)
1.4.2 Global Lithium Carbonate Historic Market Size Review by Type (2020-2025)
1.4.3 Global Lithium Carbonate Forecasted Market Size by Type (2026-2031)
1.5 Key Regions Market Size by Type
1.5.1 North America Lithium Carbonate Sales Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
1.5.2 Europe Lithium Carbonate Sales Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
1.5.3 Asia-Pacific Lithium Carbonate Sales Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
1.5.4 South America Lithium Carbonate Sales Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
1.5.5 Middle East and Africa Lithium Carbonate Sales Breakdown by Type (2020-2025)
2 Global Market Dynamics

2.1 Lithium Carbonate Industry Trends
2.2 Lithium Carbonate Industry Drivers
2.3 Lithium Carbonate Industry Opportunities and Challenges
2.4 Lithium Carbonate Industry Restraints
3 Market Competitive Landscape by Company

3.1 Global Top Players by Lithium Carbonate Revenue (2020-2025)
3.2 Global Top Players by Lithium Carbonate Sales (2020-2025)
3.3 Global Top Players by Lithium Carbonate Price (2020-2025)
3.4 Global Lithium Carbonate Industry Company Ranking, 2023 VS 2024 VS 2025
3.5 Global Lithium Carbonate Major Company Production Sites & Headquarters
3.6 Global Lithium Carbonate Company, Product Type & Application
3.7 Global Lithium Carbonate Company Establishment Date
3.8 Market Competitive Analysis
3.8.1 Global Lithium Carbonate Market CR5 and HHI
3.8.2 Global Top 5 and 10 Lithium Carbonate Players Market Share by Revenue in 2024
3.8.3 2023 Lithium Carbonate Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3
4 Lithium Carbonate Regional Status and Outlook

4.1 Global Lithium Carbonate Market Size and CAGR by Region: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
4.2 Global Lithium Carbonate Historic Market Size by Region
4.2.1 Global Lithium Carbonate Sales in Volume by Region (2020-2025)
4.2.2 Global Lithium Carbonate Sales in Value by Region (2020-2025)
4.2.3 Global Lithium Carbonate Sales (Volume & Value), Price and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
4.3 Global Lithium Carbonate Forecasted Market Size by Region
4.3.1 Global Lithium Carbonate Sales in Volume by Region (2026-2031)
4.3.2 Global Lithium Carbonate Sales in Value by Region (2026-2031)
4.3.3 Global Lithium Carbonate Sales (Volume & Value), Price and Gross Margin (2026-2031)
5 Lithium Carbonate by Application

5.1 Lithium Carbonate Market by Application
5.1.1 Batteries
5.1.2 Glass and Ceramics
5.1.3 Medical
5.1.4 Lubricants
5.1.5 Metallurgy
5.1.6 Other
5.2 Global Lithium Carbonate Market Size by Application
5.2.1 Global Lithium Carbonate Market Size Overview by Application (2020-2031)
5.2.2 Global Lithium Carbonate Historic Market Size Review by Application (2020-2025)
5.2.3 Global Lithium Carbonate Forecasted Market Size by Application (2026-2031)
5.3 Key Regions Market Size by Application
5.3.1 North America Lithium Carbonate Sales Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
5.3.2 Europe Lithium Carbonate Sales Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
5.3.3 Asia-Pacific Lithium Carbonate Sales Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
5.3.4 South America Lithium Carbonate Sales Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
5.3.5 Middle East and Africa Lithium Carbonate Sales Breakdown by Application (2020-2025)
6 Company Profiles

6.1 SQM
6.1.1 SQM Comapny Information
6.1.2 SQM Business Overview
6.1.3 SQM Lithium Carbonate Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.1.4 SQM Lithium Carbonate Product Portfolio
6.1.5 SQM Recent Developments
6.2 Albemarle
6.2.1 Albemarle Comapny Information
6.2.2 Albemarle Business Overview
6.2.3 Albemarle Lithium Carbonate Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.2.4 Albemarle Lithium Carbonate Product Portfolio
6.2.5 Albemarle Recent Developments
6.3 FMC
6.3.1 FMC Comapny Information
6.3.2 FMC Business Overview
6.3.3 FMC Lithium Carbonate Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.3.4 FMC Lithium Carbonate Product Portfolio
6.3.5 FMC Recent Developments
6.4 Orocobre
6.4.1 Orocobre Comapny Information
6.4.2 Orocobre Business Overview
6.4.3 Orocobre Lithium Carbonate Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.4.4 Orocobre Lithium Carbonate Product Portfolio
6.4.5 Orocobre Recent Developments
6.5 Nordic Mining
6.5.1 Nordic Mining Comapny Information
6.5.2 Nordic Mining Business Overview
6.5.3 Nordic Mining Lithium Carbonate Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.5.4 Nordic Mining Lithium Carbonate Product Portfolio
6.5.5 Nordic Mining Recent Developments
6.6 Tianqi Lithium
6.6.1 Tianqi Lithium Comapny Information
6.6.2 Tianqi Lithium Business Overview
6.6.3 Tianqi Lithium Lithium Carbonate Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.6.4 Tianqi Lithium Lithium Carbonate Product Portfolio
6.6.5 Tianqi Lithium Recent Developments
6.7 Ganfeng Lithium
6.7.1 Ganfeng Lithium Comapny Information
6.7.2 Ganfeng Lithium Business Overview
6.7.3 Ganfeng Lithium Lithium Carbonate Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.7.4 Ganfeng Lithium Lithium Carbonate Product Portfolio
6.7.5 Ganfeng Lithium Recent Developments
6.8 Ruifu Lithium
6.8.1 Ruifu Lithium Comapny Information
6.8.2 Ruifu Lithium Business Overview
6.8.3 Ruifu Lithium Lithium Carbonate Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.8.4 Ruifu Lithium Lithium Carbonate Product Portfolio
6.8.5 Ruifu Lithium Recent Developments
6.9 Weihua
6.9.1 Weihua Comapny Information
6.9.2 Weihua Business Overview
6.9.3 Weihua Lithium Carbonate Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.9.4 Weihua Lithium Carbonate Product Portfolio
6.9.5 Weihua Recent Developments
6.10 QingHai Salt Lake Industry
6.10.1 QingHai Salt Lake Industry Comapny Information
6.10.2 QingHai Salt Lake Industry Business Overview
6.10.3 QingHai Salt Lake Industry Lithium Carbonate Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.10.4 QingHai Salt Lake Industry Lithium Carbonate Product Portfolio
6.10.5 QingHai Salt Lake Industry Recent Developments
6.11 Yahua
6.11.1 Yahua Comapny Information
6.11.2 Yahua Business Overview
6.11.3 Yahua Lithium Carbonate Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.11.4 Yahua Lithium Carbonate Product Portfolio
6.11.5 Yahua Recent Developments
6.12 Palith
6.12.1 Palith Comapny Information
6.12.2 Palith Business Overview
6.12.3 Palith Lithium Carbonate Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.12.4 Palith Lithium Carbonate Product Portfolio
6.12.5 Palith Recent Developments
6.13 Tibet Mineral Development
6.13.1 Tibet Mineral Development Comapny Information
6.13.2 Tibet Mineral Development Business Overview
6.13.3 Tibet Mineral Development Lithium Carbonate Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2020-2025)
6.13.4 Tibet Mineral Development Lithium Carbonate Product Portfolio
6.13.5 Tibet Mineral Development Recent Developments
7 North America by Country

7.1 North America Lithium Carbonate Sales by Country
7.1.1 North America Lithium Carbonate Sales Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
7.1.2 North America Lithium Carbonate Sales by Country (2020-2025)
7.1.3 North America Lithium Carbonate Sales Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
7.2 North America Lithium Carbonate Market Size by Country
7.2.1 North America Lithium Carbonate Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
7.2.2 North America Lithium Carbonate Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
7.2.3 North America Lithium Carbonate Market Size Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
8 Europe by Country

8.1 Europe Lithium Carbonate Sales by Country
8.1.1 Europe Lithium Carbonate Sales Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
8.1.2 Europe Lithium Carbonate Sales by Country (2020-2025)
8.1.3 Europe Lithium Carbonate Sales Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
8.2 Europe Lithium Carbonate Market Size by Country
8.2.1 Europe Lithium Carbonate Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
8.2.2 Europe Lithium Carbonate Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
8.2.3 Europe Lithium Carbonate Market Size Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
9 Asia-Pacific by Country

9.1 Asia-Pacific Lithium Carbonate Sales by Country
9.1.1 Asia-Pacific Lithium Carbonate Sales Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
9.1.2 Asia-Pacific Lithium Carbonate Sales by Country (2020-2025)
9.1.3 Asia-Pacific Lithium Carbonate Sales Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
9.2 Asia-Pacific Lithium Carbonate Market Size by Country
9.2.1 Asia-Pacific Lithium Carbonate Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
9.2.2 Asia-Pacific Lithium Carbonate Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
9.2.3 Asia-Pacific Lithium Carbonate Market Size Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
10 South America by Country

10.1 South America Lithium Carbonate Sales by Country
10.1.1 South America Lithium Carbonate Sales Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
10.1.2 South America Lithium Carbonate Sales by Country (2020-2025)
10.1.3 South America Lithium Carbonate Sales Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
10.2 South America Lithium Carbonate Market Size by Country
10.2.1 South America Lithium Carbonate Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
10.2.2 South America Lithium Carbonate Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
10.2.3 South America Lithium Carbonate Market Size Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
11 Middle East and Africa by Country

11.1 Middle East and Africa Lithium Carbonate Sales by Country
11.1.1 Middle East and Africa Lithium Carbonate Sales Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
11.1.2 Middle East and Africa Lithium Carbonate Sales by Country (2020-2025)
11.1.3 Middle East and Africa Lithium Carbonate Sales Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
11.2 Middle East and Africa Lithium Carbonate Market Size by Country
11.2.1 Middle East and Africa Lithium Carbonate Market Size Growth Rate (CAGR) by Country: 2020 VS 2024 VS 2031
11.2.2 Middle East and Africa Lithium Carbonate Market Size by Country (2020-2025)
11.2.3 Middle East and Africa Lithium Carbonate Market Size Forecast by Country (2026-2031)
12 Value Chain and Sales Channels Analysis

12.1 Lithium Carbonate Value Chain Analysis
12.1.1 Lithium Carbonate Key Raw Materials
12.1.2 Key Raw Materials Price
12.1.3 Raw Materials Key Suppliers
12.1.4 Manufacturing Cost Structure
12.1.5 Lithium Carbonate Production Mode & Process
12.2 Lithium Carbonate Sales Channels Analysis
12.2.1 Direct Comparison with Distribution Share
12.2.2 Lithium Carbonate Distributors
12.2.3 Lithium Carbonate Customers
13 Concluding Insights
14 Appendix

14.1 Reasons for Doing This Study
14.2 Research Methodology
14.3 Research Process
14.4 Authors List of This Report
14.5 Data Source
14.5.1 Secondary Sources
14.5.2 Primary Sources
14.6 Disclaimer

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