5 Most Valuable Lithium Companies in the World

3. Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB

Market Cap: $25.07 billion (as of August 17) 

Ranking third on our list of the most valuable lithium companies is Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB), with operations focused in the US and Chile. It produces two types of lithium, hydroxide, and carbonate. Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB) owns a 49% stake in the Greenbushes mine alongside brine operations in Chile and the US. In 2018, Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB) obtained approval from the Chilean government to increase its lithium quota to produce 145,000 metric tonnes of lithium carbonate. Albemarle Corporation (NYSE: ALB) had $3.129 billion in revenue in 2020 and is set to construct a lithium hydroxide plant in Perth, Australia in 2021.

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