HAMEDAN – Managing director of Hamedan Industry, Mine and Trade Ahmad Shanian has said that based on the map of lithium reserves in the world, Iran ranked fourth in having this rare and strategic metal.
Iran is standing in fourth position after Bolivia with a capacity of 21 million tons, Argentina with 19.3 million tons, and Chile with 7.9 million tons of lithium reserves, Shanian said.
Based on the new studies in the Qahavand lithium mine, its reservoir is more than 8.5 million tons, he added.
He noted that Iran will no longer need lithium imports after discovering the Qahavand lithium mine.