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The interesting concept of a 'perpetual' lithium deficit

Investment banks are expected to get excited about their favourite industries but when Australia’s Macquarie Bank said last week that the lithium market was heading for “perpetual deficit”, eyebrows were raised.

The interesting concept of a 'perpetual' lithium deficit The interesting concept of a 'perpetual' lithium deficit The interesting concept of a 'perpetual' lithium deficit The interesting concept of a 'perpetual' lithium deficit The interesting concept of a 'perpetual' lithium deficit

If correct, a perpetual deficit in the supply of any metal should lead to either a spectacular increase in the price, or a price crash as users are forced to find substitutes for a raw material which