5 Biggest Lithium Mining Companies in the World

3. Tianqi Lithium

Market Cap: $11.73 Billion

Revenue in 2019: $748 Million

Employees: 1,851

Based in Sichuan, China, Tianqi Lithium is a new energy materials company focusing on the development, manufacturing, and selling of lithium products. The company produces lithium carbonate, lithium chloride, and other lithium products. It is a lithium giant, controlling nearly half of the world’s production of lithium. The company owned a 51% stake in Winfield Holdings, the developer of  the Greenbushes lithium project in Western Australia. The Greenbushes mine is the biggest operating lithium mine in the world, currently undergoing expansion to increase its production to over 160,000 metric tons per year.