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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. value chain to use the deposits of this raw material for industrial. Despite this, and other early work, the lithium desposit in Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia is currently largely untouched. The company.

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

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The aim of the JV is the sustainable extraction and industrialization of lithium as well as other raw materials from Salar de Uyuni, the world’s largest salt lake. 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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Report: Japan To Offer Technical Aid On Lithium To Bolivia

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The Nikkei reports that Japan will offer technical assistance to Bolivia to develop its lithium resources and ensure a stable supply of the metal. Bolivia has the world’s largest lithium reserves.

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

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officially sealed their cooperation on the extraction and industrialization. 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. snow jet systems for industrial parts cleaning. Bolivian state enterprise Yacimientos de Litio.

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Lithium: Good News for the Australian Mining Industry

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In good news for the Australian mining industry, miners produced 55,000 tonnes of lithium in 2021, a 28% increase from the 39,700 tonnes of lithium produced in 2020. This is approximately half of global production.

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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. In April 2022, Mexico amended its Mining Law to to reserve to the state the exclusive right to explore and exploit lithium. According to the USGS, Mexico has 1.7

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ADEME / IFPEN study examines non-geological risks in the security of lithium supplies based on electrification of global car fleet

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More generally, vulnerabilities economic, industrial, geopolitical or environmental issues are still possible. The latter two countries belong to the lithium triangle (Argentina, Bolivia and Chile), which represents about 55% of the world’s resources.

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