Saboda haɓakar haɓaka cikin buƙatar lithium don batura masu caji, kamfanoni yanzu suna "faɗa" don wadatar wannan kayan.
Tallace-tallace na duniya na gishirin lithium sun kusan isa $ 1.000 biliyan a cikin shekara guda. Amma wannan sinadarin muhimmin abu ne na bati wanda yake amfani da motoci, wayoyin komai da ruwanka, kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka da sauran samfuran da yawa. Tare da buƙatar adana makamashi mai yawa don motocin lantarki masu tsafta da kore, Goldman Sachs ya sanya lithium a matsayin sabon mai.
SQM shine Babban mashahurin lithium na Chile kuma wani bangare ne na wadancan kamfanonin da ke gwagwarmaya don samar da lithium ga manyan masu kera batir a duniya, kamar masu kera mota.
Farashin tsarkakken lithium carbonate da aka shigo dashi China ya ninka cikin watanni biyu da suka gabata daga 2015 zuwa $ 13.000 a tan. Babban ci gaban yana nuna damuwa game da makomar wannan kayan a kasuwa mai mahimmanci kamar China. China ce da kanta ke karɓar yawancin lithium ɗin da take buƙata daga Ostiraliya, madadin babban mai samar da Chile.
Daya daga cikin matsalolin ita ce, duk da cewa Duniya tana da adadi mai yawa na lithium, cire shi na iya zama mai tsada, baya ga cin lokaci, saboda haka farashin mafi girma ba zai haifar da hakar don samar da buƙata ba.
La bukatar yanzu tana da yawa tare da wasu kamfanonin kera batirin lithium ion kamar Samsung da LG a Koriya ta Kudu, Panasonic da Sony a Japan da ATL a Hong Kong. China wata ce wacce ke zuwa tare a matsayin mai kera batir.
Kuma ba za mu manta game da Tesla Motors da ke shirya wannan shekara da farkon samarwa a cikin «Gigafactoria» a cikin Nevada, tana sa ran samun wadataccen kayan don batirin lithium-ion don motoci 500.000 a kowace shekara don biyar masu zuwa. Mun riga mun tattauna ba da dadewa ba matsalolin samarwa suna da ciwon. Kuma, shi ne JB Straubel na Tesla wanda ke da'awar cewa akwai yawaitar talla a yanzu don lithium cewa yana zama sihiri.