How much lithium is mined in a year?
180,000 tAbout 198,000 US tons · Colossal
About 180,000 tonnes a year, mostly for batteries.
That's about 2,100,000 big red kangaroos (85 kg each).
🔋180,000 t
🚢an Ohio-class submarine
By weight: a year of lithium is about 9.6× heavier than an Ohio-class submarine.
Things about the same weight
- How much did the Titanic weigh?52,310 t
- How much steel is in the Sydney Harbour Bridge?52,800 t
- How much does an aircraft carrier weigh?100,000 t
- How much does the CN Tower weigh?117,910 t
- How much cargo can the Ever Given carry?199,629 t
- How much gold has ever been mined?216,000 t
- How much does the Empire State Building weigh?331,000 t
- How much does the Burj Khalifa weigh?500,000 t
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