Lithium consumption has nearly quadrupled since 2010

High risk, high reward is the bet being made by global lithium miners in Argentina who are brushing aside a recession, a currency crisis and political uncertainty in their hunger for the mineral that helps power electric cars.

Rio Tinto and China's Zijin Mining are potentially the biggest investors.

ACI Systems Alemania employs just 20 people and was created solely to focus on building a lithium mine in Bolivia.

OK; half right.

Spot prices would be pushed down despite rapid demand growth from batteries for electric vehicles (EV) makers, the experts say.

Looking at its resources, Indonesia will become the main player in lithium batteries.

Social desirability is important enough for consumers to ignore that battery-powered technology is currently more expensive than internal combustion engines.

The country's state development agency says Albemarle has failed to provide as much as 25% of its annual production at a discount to companies seeking to produce battery metals within Chile, as stipulated in a contract signed in 2016.

SQM said the previously announced delays were partly offset by high prices and 25% growth in demand in 2018 on sales to producers of electric vehicles.