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President of Mexico nationalizes lithium

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The President nationalized Mexico’s lithium deposits last April, and created LitioMX (Litio Para Mexico) to mine lithium ( earlier post ). Sonora hosts virtually all Mexico’s lithium resources—8.82Mt lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) or 1.66Mt lithium metal.

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

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Mexico has formed a state-run company called Litio para Mexico (LitioMx) to mine the country’s lithium. Litio para Mexico will begin operations within the next six months. Lithium for Mexico will coordinate with the Undersecretariat of Energy Planning and Transition of the Ministry of Energy.

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Shell starts production at Vito in US Gulf of Mexico; new, simplified design

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Shell Offshore, a subsidiary of Shell plc, has started production at the Shell-operated Vito floating production facility in the US Gulf of Mexico (GoM). Vito is Shell’s 13 th deep-water host in the Gulf of Mexico. Shell is the leading operator in the US Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas production.

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Minerals used in electric cars: How much does the US import and from where?

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China, Mexico, Canada, India. Chile, Canada, Mexico. Argentina, Chile, China, Russia. Canada, Mexico, Peru, Spain. The main import sources for the eight minerals are Canada (nickel and zinc), China (natural graphite and rare earths), Chile (copper), Gabon (manganese), Norway (cobalt), and Argentina (lithium).

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Ford building new $1.6B plant in Mexico for small cars

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billion in a new small car plant in Mexico, building a new manufacturing site in San Luis Potosi State. This investment comes during Ford’s 91 st year in Mexico, including manufacturing vehicles since 1925. Mexico is Ford’s fourth-largest vehicle manufacturing site for global customers—behind the US, China and Germany.

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Nissan investing $600M in Argentina; domestic production of new pick-up

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Nissan Motor will invest $600 million in Argentina and will become an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) with the domestic production there of an all-new NP300 Frontier pick-up. With the expansion, Nissan is making Argentina a key component of its regional strategy eventually to position itself among the Top 3 brands in Latin America.

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

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Currently, the highest production is in Australia with 18.3kt, followed by Chile and Argentina with 14.1kt and 5.5kt respectively. Three spodumene operations in Australia and two brine operations each in Argentina and Chile accounted for the majority of world lithium production in 2017, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS).

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