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Bolivia chooses ACI Systems as strategic partner to industrialize lithium deposits

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Salar de Uyuni in the Andes in southwestern Bolivia is the world’s largest salt flat (10,582 km 2 / 4,086 mi 2 ) and holds the. Despite this, and other early work, the lithium desposit in Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia is currently largely untouched. the raw material to the finished product, in which Bolivia has a majority.

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Bolivia and ACISA found joint venture to extract and industrialize lithium from residual brine; €300M investment

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There is a plan to establish a further joint venture to manufacture cathode material and battery systems in Bolivia and Germany. Bolivia holds 51% of the shares in the JV through YLB. The start of production of lithium as a raw material is scheduled for the second half of 2021.

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Report: Japan Considering Economic Aid To Bolivia in Return for Lithium Supplies

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About half of the world’s lithium deposits are believed to be in Bolivia’s Great Lake of Uyuni. Bolivia is expected to decide in the first half of this year which companies will be awarded the development work. Japan, France, Brazil and other countries are vying to tap these mostly undeveloped reserves.

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Mexico forms state-run company to mine lithium: Litio para Mexico

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million tons of identified lithium resources, ranking the country 10 th in the world behind Bolivia, Argentina, Chile, the US, Australia, China, Congo, Canada and Germany. Lithium for Mexico will coordinate with the Undersecretariat of Energy Planning and Transition of the Ministry of Energy. According to the USGS, Mexico has 1.7

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Bolivian-German lithium extraction project takes major step forward; YLB partners with ACISA

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machinery to establish a value-added chain in Bolivia in the mid-term, from. and 1,000 direct jobs and up to 10,000 indirect jobs in Bolivia in areas. electric mobility, solar power plants, as well as the extraction of raw. Uyuni in the Bolivian Andes is the world's largest known lithium deposit— around ten million tons.

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Volkswagen ID.4 GTX with LGES batteries sets Guinness World Record for EVs

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4 GTX powered by LG Energy Solution batteries. . The world-record driver drove up the dormant Uturuncu volcano in Bolivia, reaching 5,816 meters in altitude. On May 23, 2022, Zietlow and his team were awarded an official Guinness World Records certificate for the highest altitude achieved in an electric vehicle in La Paz, Bolivia. .

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Report: Japan to offer lithium assistance to Bolivia

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Japan is poised to offer technical assistance to Bolivia as it bids to develop its lithium resources and ensure a stable supply of the metal. According to reports in the Nikkei, supplies of lithium are expected to become increasingly scarce in Japan from around 2015 as more people start to drive electric cars powered by [.].

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