Lithium
锂LiRecords coded to Lithium, from Final List of Critical Minerals 2018 (18 May 2018) to the latest event on 9 Oct 2026. Shared stage codes are not findings.
Record as of . Counts are records of one kind at a time and are never added together.
- Events
- 24by event date
- Control clauses
- 4status on 3 Nov 2026
- Capital rows
- 10a count of rows, not of money0 of them are parts of a package
- Designations
- 8standing, not money
- Projects
- 16registry records8 with no designation
- Programmes
- 3named by these rows
- Organizations
- 21named by these rows
- Sources
- 54cited by these records
Supply chain, stage by stage
Lithium's row of the lattice: what the record places at each stage. Counts are records per stage, never money; a record coded to several stages is counted at each, so the stages have no total. The last column holds records that name Lithium and record no stage, so the lattice cannot place them.
- ExplorationExploration2 commitmentsCA
- MiningMining1 commitmentEU1 designationEU
- SeparationSeparationNone recorded
- ProcessingProcessing7 commitmentsAU CA EU US1 designationEU
- RefiningRefining1 commitmentAU
- Component manufacturingComponents1 clauseCN
- RecyclingRecycling1 commitmentCA3 designationsEU
- Research and developmentR&DNone recorded
- Cross-cuttingCross-cuttingNone recorded
- No stage recordedNo stage3 clausesCA4 designationsEU
Records by stage
Exploration
Capital rows
CAD 172,000
As stated: Funding amount: $172,000Instrument not specified. Announced, status date 3 Mar 2026.
CAD 232,600
As stated: Funding amount: $232,600Instrument not specified. Announced, status date 3 Mar 2026.
Control clauses
None
Designationsstanding, not money
None
Mining
Capital rows
EUR 150 million
As stated: €150 million direct loanLoan. Contracted, status date 20 Aug 2024.
Control clauses
None
Designationsstanding, not money
Strategic Projects under the Critical Raw Materials Act (European Union). Recognized, status date 25 Mar 2025. Standing, not money.
Holder: Keliber Technology Oy
Names: Lithium
Project registry
Locations: Finland
Sponsors: Keliber Oy, Keliber Technology Oy
Processing
Capital rows
No amount stated
Tax credit. Authorized, status date 14 Feb 2025.
CAD 4.5 million
As stated: $4,500,000 investmentInstrument not specified. Contracted, status date 8 Jul 2024.
CAD 4.9375 million
As stated: $4,937,500 investmentInstrument not specified. Announced, status date 11 Jul 2024.
CAD 3.039344 million
As stated: Amount funded: $3,039,344Instrument not specified. Decided, status date 31 Oct 2025.
EUR 150 million
As stated: €150 million direct loanLoan. Contracted, status date 20 Aug 2024.
USD 996 million
As stated: $996 million loan guarantee ($968 million principal plus $28 million capitalized interest)Loan guarantee. Contracted, status date 17 Jan 2025.
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about USD 2.23 billion
As stated: $2.23 billion amended expected loan amount ($1.97 billion principal plus approximately $256 million capitalized interest)Loan. Partially disbursed, status date 20 Oct 2025.
Control clauses
None
Designationsstanding, not money
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Strategic Projects under the Critical Raw Materials Act (European Union). Recognized, status date 25 Mar 2025. Standing, not money.
Holder: Keliber Technology Oy
Names: Lithium
Project registry
Locations: Finland
Sponsors: Keliber Oy, Keliber Technology Oy
Refining
Capital rows
No amount stated
Tax credit. Authorized, status date 14 Feb 2025.
Control clauses
None
Designationsstanding, not money
None
Component manufacturing
Capital rows
None
Control clauses
MOFCOM & GACC Announcement [2025] No. 58
Suspended on 3 Nov 2026Suspended, status date 7 Nov 2025
Covered items (goods, equipment, technology) belong here. That places the items, not a claim that the clause restricts this stage.
Designationsstanding, not money
None
Recycling
Capital rows
CAD 319,200
As stated: Agreement Value: $319,200.00Instrument not specified. Contracted, status date 1 Sep 2024.
Control clauses
None
Designationsstanding, not money
Strategic Projects under the Critical Raw Materials Act (European Union). Recognized, status date 9 Oct 2026. Standing, not money.
Holder: Back to Battery B.V.
Names: Graphite, Lithium, Cobalt, Nickel
Also names: manganese (battery grade), not a tracked material
Project record also names: manganese (battery grade), not a tracked material
Project registry
Locations: Netherlands
Sponsors: Back to Battery B.V.
Strategic Projects under the Critical Raw Materials Act (European Union). Recognized, status date 9 Oct 2026. Standing, not money.
Holder: cylib Production I GmbH
Names: Graphite, Lithium, Cobalt, Nickel
Also names: bauxite/alumina/aluminium, copper, manganese (battery grade), not a tracked material
Project record also names: bauxite/alumina/aluminium, copper, manganese (battery grade), not a tracked material
Project registry
Locations: Germany
Sponsors: cylib Production I GmbH
Strategic Projects under the Critical Raw Materials Act (European Union). Recognized, status date 9 Oct 2026. Standing, not money.
Holder: ECO LIFE STYLE S.R.L.
Names: Graphite, Lithium, Cobalt, Nickel
Also names: manganese (battery grade), not a tracked material
Project record also names: manganese (battery grade), not a tracked material
Project registry
Locations: Romania
Sponsors: ECO LIFE STYLE S.R.L.
No stage recorded
These name Lithium but record no stage, so the lattice cannot place them.
Control clauses
In force on 3 Nov 2026In force, status date 2 Nov 2022
By rule: this kind of clause defines no items of its own, so it has no stage.
In force on 3 Nov 2026In force, status date 2 Nov 2022
By rule: this kind of clause defines no items of its own, so it has no stage.
In force on 3 Nov 2026In force, status date 2 Nov 2022
By rule: this kind of clause defines no items of its own, so it has no stage.
Designationsstanding, not money
Strategic Projects under the Critical Raw Materials Act (European Union). Recognized, status date 9 Oct 2026. Standing, not money.
Holder: Neptune Energy Innovations GmbH
Names: Lithium
Records no stage.
Project registry
Locations: Germany
Sponsors: Neptune Energy Innovations GmbH
Strategic Projects under the Critical Raw Materials Act (European Union). Recognized, status date 9 Oct 2026. Standing, not money.
Holder: AMG Lithium GmbH
Names: Lithium
Records no stage.
Project registry
Locations: Germany
Sponsors: AMG Lithium GmbH
Strategic Projects under the Critical Raw Materials Act (European Union). Recognized, status date 9 Oct 2026. Standing, not money.
Holder: Lithium de France
Names: Lithium
Records no stage.
Project registry
Locations: France
Sponsors: Lithium de France
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Strategic Projects under the Critical Raw Materials Act (European Union). Recognized, status date 9 Oct 2026. Standing, not money.
Holder: Zinnwald Lithium Plc
Names: Lithium
Records no stage.
Project registry
Locations: Germany
Sponsors: Zinnwald Lithium Plc
None recorded at: Separation, Research and development, Cross-cutting.
A designation is a government's recognition of a project under a named scheme. It records standing, not money, and covers only the stages and materials the designation names. A project is the registry record of the site or venture. Shared stage codes are not a finding.
Registry projects with no designation naming Lithium
Not placed by stage: a project's own stage list is not a designation, and the lattice places only designations.
- Geochronology and Petrogenesis of Granitoids and Related Critical Mineral Systems in New Brunswick
Locations: Fredericton, New Brunswick
Sponsors: New Brunswick Geological Survey
Project record codes: exploration. Registry stages, not placed on the supply-chain lattice.
1 capital row names this project: Natural Resources Canada to New Brunswick Geological Survey
- Critical Mineral Potential of the Maritimes Basin in Eastern New Brunswick
Locations: Grand Lake Region, New Brunswick
Sponsors: New Brunswick Geological Survey
Project record codes: exploration. Registry stages, not placed on the supply-chain lattice.
1 capital row names this project: Natural Resources Canada to New Brunswick Geological Survey
- Electrolysis for Lithium Production and Recycling
Locations: British Columbia
Sponsors: NORAM Electrolysis Systems Inc.
Project record codes: processing. Registry stages, not placed on the supply-chain lattice.
1 capital row names this project: Natural Resources Canada to NORAM Electrolysis Systems Inc.
- Lithium Brine Concentration and Conversion Demonstration
Locations: British Columbia
Sponsors: Saltworks Technologies Inc.
Project record codes: processing. Registry stages, not placed on the supply-chain lattice.
1 capital row names this project: Natural Resources Canada to Saltworks Technologies Inc.
- Li-PICK - Energy Efficient Battery Recycling Enabled by Recrystallization
Sponsors: Telescope Innovations Corp.
Project record codes: recycling. Registry stages, not placed on the supply-chain lattice.
1 capital row names this project: National Research Council of Canada to Telescope Innovations Corp.
- A Route to Establish a Canadian Lithium Sulphide Supply Chain for Solid-State Batteries
Locations: Vancouver, British Columbia
Sponsors: Telescope Innovations Corp.
Project record codes: processing. Registry stages, not placed on the supply-chain lattice.
1 capital row names this project: Natural Resources Canada to Telescope Innovations Corp.
- Rhyolite Ridge on-site lithium processing facilities
Locations: Esmeralda County, Nevada
Sponsors: Ioneer Rhyolite Ridge LLC, Ioneer Ltd
Project record codes: processing. Registry stages, not placed on the supply-chain lattice.
1 capital row names this project: U.S. Department of Energy to Ioneer Rhyolite Ridge LLC
- Thacker Pass Phase 1 lithium-carbonate processing facilities
Locations: Thacker Pass, Humboldt County, Nevada
Sponsors: Lithium Nevada LLC
Project record codes: processing. Registry stages, not placed on the supply-chain lattice.
1 capital row names this project: U.S. Department of Energy to Lithium Nevada LLC
Capital and controls
Each capital row is shown at its own amount, in its own currency, exactly as the record states it. Nothing here adds up, splits or converts an amount, so a row that names several materials shows its whole amount and a part sits inside its package without being added again.
Capital rows (10 naming Lithium; 10 shown at top level, 0 inside a package)
Public commitments (10)
Committed to a recipient by a government or public enterprise, at the status each row states. A contracted, partially disbursed or disbursed row is binding because an agreement is executed; payment is tracked separately by status. A contracted row need not mean funds are obligated or paid, and a partially disbursed row is not fully paid.
Provider: Natural Resources CanadaRecipient: NORAM Electrolysis Systems Inc.
CAD 4.5 million
As stated: $4,500,000 investmentInstrument not specified. Contracted, status date 8 Jul 2024.
Binding: an agreement is executed; payment is tracked separately.
Scope: names Lithium only.
Provider: Natural Resources CanadaRecipient: Saltworks Technologies Inc.
CAD 4.9375 million
As stated: $4,937,500 investmentInstrument not specified. Announced, status date 11 Jul 2024.
Not yet binding.
Scope: names Lithium only.
Provider: National Research Council of CanadaRecipient: Telescope Innovations Corp.
CAD 319,200
As stated: Agreement Value: $319,200.00Instrument not specified. Contracted, status date 1 Sep 2024.
Binding: an agreement is executed; payment is tracked separately.
Scope: names Lithium only.
Provider: Natural Resources CanadaRecipient: Telescope Innovations Corp.
CAD 3.039344 million
As stated: Amount funded: $3,039,344Instrument not specified. Decided, status date 31 Oct 2025.
Not yet binding.
Scope: names Lithium only.
Provider: Natural Resources CanadaRecipient: New Brunswick Geological Survey
CAD 172,000
As stated: Funding amount: $172,000Instrument not specified. Announced, status date 3 Mar 2026.
Not yet binding.
Scope: names 2 materials; the amount is not divided.
Provider: Natural Resources CanadaRecipient: New Brunswick Geological Survey
CAD 232,600
As stated: Funding amount: $232,600Instrument not specified. Announced, status date 3 Mar 2026.
Not yet binding.
Scope: names 2 materials; the amount is not divided.
Provider: European Investment BankRecipient: Keliber Technology Oy
EUR 150 million
As stated: €150 million direct loanLoan. Contracted, status date 20 Aug 2024.
Binding: an agreement is executed; payment is tracked separately.
Scope: names Lithium only.
Provider: U.S. Department of EnergyRecipient: Ioneer Rhyolite Ridge LLC
USD 996 million
As stated: $996 million loan guarantee ($968 million principal plus $28 million capitalized interest)Loan guarantee. Contracted, status date 17 Jan 2025.
Binding: an agreement is executed; payment is tracked separately. Authority as stated: Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, Section 136 — Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program.
Scope: names Lithium only.
Provider: U.S. Department of EnergyRecipient: Lithium Nevada LLC
about USD 2.23 billion
As stated: $2.23 billion amended expected loan amount ($1.97 billion principal plus approximately $256 million capitalized interest)Loan. Partially disbursed, status date 20 Oct 2025.
Binding: an agreement is executed; payment is tracked separately. Authority as stated: Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 — Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing (ATVM) Loan Program.
Scope: names Lithium only.
Provider: Australian GovernmentRecipient: Constitutional corporations with registered CMPTI processing activities
No amount stated
Tax credit. Authorized, status date 14 Feb 2025.
Not yet binding. Authority as stated: Future Made in Australia (Production Tax Credits and Other Measures) Act 2025 (Act No. 9 of 2025), Schedule 2, inserting Division 419 into the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997.
Scope: names 13 materials; the amount is not divided.
Control clauses (4, status on 3 Nov 2026)
In force on 3 Nov 2026
In force, status date 2 Nov 2022
- In force, status date 2 Nov 2022
In force on 3 Nov 2026
In force, status date 2 Nov 2022
- In force, status date 2 Nov 2022
In force on 3 Nov 2026
In force, status date 2 Nov 2022
- In force, status date 2 Nov 2022
MOFCOM & GACC Announcement [2025] No. 58
Suspended on 3 Nov 2026
Suspended, status date 7 Nov 2025
- Scheduled, status date 9 Oct 2025, until 8 Nov 2025
- Suspended, status date 7 Nov 2025, until 10 Nov 2026
Covered items (goods, equipment, technology) belong at component manufacturing. That places the items; it is not a claim that the clause restricts that stage.
Legal basis: Export Control Law of the People's Republic of China; Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Export Control of Dual-Use Items
Explore capital rows naming Lithium and control clauses naming Lithium: all rows naming Lithium, parts and options listed separately.
Timeline
One dot for each event, placed at its event date as coded. Capital-row and clause status dates are not plotted: a status with no date has no honest position, and an event date is never used in its place.
Dates stated after the as-of: 10 Nov 2026 (control clause ctl-cn-58-2025-battery-cathode-licensing).
Newest events
- EUCommission Decision recognising 46 critical raw material projects in the EU as Strategic Projects under the Critical Raw Materials Act
- CAGovernment of Canada invests to unlock Canada’s critical minerals advantage (PDAC 2026 funding announcement)
- USAdjusting Imports of Processed Critical Minerals and Their Derivative Products Into The United States
- EURESourceEU Action Plan: Accelerating our critical raw materials strategy to adapt to a new reality
- GBVision 2035: Critical Minerals Strategy
- USFinal 2025 List of Critical Minerals
Events (24)
Policy status across actors
Where each actor's coded measures on this material currently stand.
Commission Decision recognising 46 critical raw material projects in the EU as Strategic Projects under the Critical Raw Materials Act
UnclearRecords under this event: 7 designations.
Government of Canada invests to unlock Canada’s critical minerals advantage (PDAC 2026 funding announcement)
ActiveRecords under this event: 2 capital rows.
Canada unlocks 26 new investments and partnerships with 9 allied countries to secure critical minerals supply chains (G7 Critical Minerals Production Alliance, first round)
ActiveRecords under this event: 2 capital rows.
MOFCOM & GACC Announcement No. 58 of 2025: decision to implement export controls on lithium battery and artificial graphite anode material items
SuspendedRecords under this event: 1 control clause.
Commission Decision recognising 47 critical raw material projects in the EU as Strategic Projects under the Critical Raw Materials Act
In forceRecords under this event: 1 designation.
Future Made in Australia (Production Tax Credits and Other Measures) Act 2025
In forceRecords under this event: 1 capital row.
DOE closes $996 million loan guarantee for Rhyolite Ridge lithium processing
ActiveRecords under this event: 1 capital row.
DOE closes ATVM loan for Thacker Pass lithium processing facilities
ActiveRecords under this event: 1 capital row.
Finland: EU and Sibanye-Stillwater, through its Keliber lithium project, join forces in €150 million deal to improve EU access to and resilience in battery materials
ActiveRecords under this event: 1 capital row.
Government of Canada Invests Over $9 Million to Enable Made-in-Canada Lithium Battery Supply Chain in British Columbia
ActiveRecords under this event: 2 capital rows.
ICA divestiture order — three foreign investors in critical-mineral firms
ActiveRecords under this event: 3 control clauses.
Resilience for the Future: The United Kingdom's Critical Minerals Strategy
SupersededSuperseded by Vision 2035: Critical Minerals Strategy.
Editorial notes (not coded records)
Written summaries kept from the earlier page, not coded records. A summary appears only if it passed review against the records above; the downstream-use list is exempt from that review and has not been checked against a source.
Typical downstream uses
- Lithium-ion batteries
- Electric vehicles
- Battery energy storage systems
- Portable electronics