Japan needs to build more refineries to reduce lithium dependence

Japan will remain dependent on lithium supply from China for cathode production unless the country deploys capital to develop its domestic lithium refining industry. Giving a keynote presentation at Benchmark’s Battery Gigafactories Asia Pacific 2023, Cameron Perks, principal analyst at Benchmark, said Japan currently needs about 50,000 tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) to produce […]