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Lithium

  • Bolivia signs US$1 billion contract for lithium carbonate plants in Uyuni Salt Flats

    December 6, 2024

    Bolivia has signed a US$1 billion contract with Hong Kong CBC Investment, a subsidiary of CATL, for the construction of two lithium carbonate plants in the Uyuni salt flats. This partnership, led by Bolivia’s Yacimientos de Litio Bolivianos (YLB), aims to boost the country’s lithium production with capacities of 10,000 and 25,000 metric tons of […]

  • Bolivia’s president announces an increase in the country’s quantified lithium resources

    August 3, 2023

    Bolivia’s president announced that there is an increase of two million to 23 million tons of lithium resources in the country. The announcement further solidifies Bolivia as the country with the world’s largest know deposits of lithium. Source: AP News

  • Bolivia signs two deals worth a combined US$14 billion to build lithium plants in the country

    July 6, 2023

    Bolivia has signed two deals worth a combined US$14 billion to build lithium plants in the country. The first deal was signed with Chinese consortium CBC. The second deal was signed with Russian company Uranium One. The lithium plants are expected to be operational by 2025. Source: BNAmericas

  • Mexico’s state-run lithium company examines the possibility of geothermal extraction of the white metal

    June 23, 2023

    Mexico’s state-run lithium company is exploring the potential of geothermal extraction of the white metal, which will complement the primary method of extraction from clay-based deposits. Source: Reuters

  • Bolivia partners with China’s CBC consortium to develop its lithium reserves

    February 1, 2023

    Bolivia partnered with the CBC consortium, including Chinese battery giant, CATL, to develop its large reserves of lithium. The partnership gives CBC the rights to develop two lithium plants in Bolivia. Source: Reuters

  • Lithium Extraction in Salton Sea

    Billionaire-Backed Geothermal Project Highlights New Lithium-Extraction Technology

    March 20, 2020

    Startup company Lilac Solutions secured US$20 million in funding from Jeff Bezos, Michael Bloomberg, and Bill Gates for a lithium-extraction project in California’s Salton Sea geothermal area—one of the richest potential sources of geothermal energy in the world. If successful, an improved extraction technology would transform the site into a combined energy and lithium source. […]

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