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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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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. right up to manufacturing battery systems as end-products. and 1,000 direct jobs and up to 10,000 indirect jobs in Bolivia in areas. completed in December 2018. manufacture of battery systems, energy storage systems and generators for.

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Brine-to-battery company EnergyX secures $450M funding agreement with Global Emerging Markets

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Created in 2018, EnergyX is a startup focused on providing efficient, sustainable solutions to challenges facing global lithium supply chains from the raw battery materials extraction process to refining and the manufacturing of next generation batteries.

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GlobalData: Global lithium production to triple over the next four years

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per annum, global output is expected to triple between 2018 and 2022 to reach 154kt (metal content), as 86kt of new metal capacity comes on stream to meet the increasing demand for the metal for use in batteries in electric vehicles and smartphones. million tons; Bolivia, 9 million tons; Chile, 8.4 million tons.

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