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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. The state-owned company Yacimientos de Litio Bolivianos (YLB) has now selected the German. company ACI-Systems as a strategic partner for this project. The company. realize this step.

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

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Bolivian state-owned company Yacimientos de Litio Bolivianos (YLB) and the German company ACI Systems Alemania GmbH ( ACISA ) have formed a joint venture: YLB-ACISA. There is a plan to establish a further joint venture to manufacture cathode material and battery systems in Bolivia and Germany.

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Start-Up MOBI LATAM partners with EnergyX to develop Bolivian domestic lithium battery supply chain

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Bolivian micro-mobility and clean energy startup MOBI has partnered with American direct lithium extraction company Energy Exploration Technologies Inc. Both companies will work towards creating a Bolivian domestic lithium battery supply chain to develop the region’s electric mobility market. EnergyX) ( earlier post ).

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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. 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. According to the USGS, Mexico has 1.7

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President of Mexico nationalizes lithium

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A number of foreign companies are interested in developing lithium deposits in Mexico; in September 2022, the finance ministry valued the lithium deposit in Sonora state as worth as much as 12 trillion Mexican pesos (US$653 billion, currently). World leaders Bolivia, Argentina and Chile hold 21Mt, 19Mt and 9.8Mt.

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

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Lithium and battery technology company Energy Exploration Technologies announced a $450-million investment commitment from Global Emerging Markets (GEM). The proceeds from this capital investment will further the company’s commercialization efforts of its direct lithium extraction and refinery technologies.

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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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