Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2011

KORES ) and steelmaker POSCO has entered an agreement with Bolivia’s state-run miner Comibol (Corporación Minera de Bolivia) to set up a joint venture to produce lithium intended for lithium-ion batteries. Among the other countries, identified lithium resources for Bolivia and Chile total 9 million tons and in excess of 7.5

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2010

Petrobras’ average oil and natural gas production in Brazil in 2009 was 2,287,457 barrels of oil equivalent (boe), 5.1% Oil production only topped-out at the daily average of 1,970,811 barrels, a 6.3% Abroad, the average oil production was 140,576 barrels per day in 2009, 13.7% more than a year ago (2,175,896 barrels/day).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Distribution of reserves (dashed circles) and world primary production (solid circles) with the main companies present on current production sites and on-going projects. Production is currently concentrated between Australia (40%), Argentina and Chile (50% between them). Source: USGS, 2017).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2022

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. Other activities necessary for the full fulfillment of its purpose. According to the USGS, Mexico has 1.7

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

However, there are issues associated with the present supply chain of raw materials for battery production, particularly the security and supply of lithium. Together these regions were also responsible for more than 90% of all lithium production in 2010, not including US production. —Ona Egbue.

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Nickel Metal Hydride Supplies Missouri Bolivia 225

Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2010

GM South America includes GM’s existing sales and manufacturing operations in Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela as well as sales activities in those countries and Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay. GM South America currently has 29,000 employees.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

This decision will allow BASF and Embrapa to bring the new production system with the brand name Cultivance to Brazilian farmers. The Cultivance Production System combines herbicide-tolerant soybean varieties with BASF’s broad spectrum imidazolinone class of herbicides, tailored to regional conditions.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

In January, Petrobras’s average oil and natural gas production in Brazil and abroad reached 2,661,843 barrels of oil equivalent per day (boed), 5.4% Natural gas production in domestic fields reached 56,168,000 cubic meters a day, up 13.4% higher than the volume registered for January 2010. However, the January volume was 2.7%

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2012

The price increases in China follow the increases in global lithium product prices, including lithium carbonate, announced by major producers Rockwood Lithium and FMC Lithium this year. purity criteria, the product now meets the prescribed tolerances for impurities required by its battery cathode producing customers.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2016

Vehicles produced in Mexico also serve customers in the US, Canada, China, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and South Korea. The investment is part of the company’s One Ford global product and manufacturing plan. During the past five years, Ford has invested more than $10.2

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2021

By sourcing lithium from a second supplier, we are securing requirements for production of our current fifth generation of battery cells. The salt lakes in the border region between Argentina, Bolivia and Chile are home to roughly half the world’s lithium reserves. Lithium is one of the key raw materials for electromobility.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

China currently hosts 75% of all battery cell manufacturing capacity and 90% of anode and electrolyte production. A solid foundation on domestically realized resource wealth, bolstered by responsible and ethical production, is the main theme of the rankings this year as countries and the industry strive for a sustainable supply chain.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2022

Its LiTAS technology has been piloted in the Lithium Triangle in South America and increases lithium production from 30% in existing systems up to 94% recovery rate for that particular project. Founded in 1991, GEM (Global Emerging Markets) is a $3.4-billion billion alternative investment firm with offices in Paris, New York, and the Bahamas.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

The hot brine that comes up from the subsurface as part of geothermal power production at the Salton Sea in California is a rich stew of minerals, including iron, magnesium, calcium, sodium, and lithium. Credit: Jenny Nuss/Berkeley Lab). With nearly $1.2 Both of these methods have serious environmental issues associated with them.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Yet-to-find (YTF) resources will contribute to around 30% of the total production of natural gas worldwide by 2050, according to Yury Sentyurin, the Secretary General of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF). It will see production rise across all regions of the world, with the exception of Europe, where it will decline by 70% by 2050.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2023

As a result, the industry is highly concentrated, with few controlling a significant portion of global production and trade. Developing countries currently account for most of the global production needed for energy transitions, but their share in reserves is even greater. By contrast, critical material reserves are widely distributed.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2023

The collaboration is focused on unlocking the North American supply of lithium by using EnergyX’s direct lithium extraction (DLE) technology portfolio to maximize efficiency while improving sustainability for GM’s rapidly scaling EV production. We will unlock lithium supply in the US, a pivotal move in expanding the EV industry.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 4, 2021

” Chile, Argentina, and Bolivia make up the “Lithium Triangle,” holding more than 75% of the world’s lithium supply in their salt flats. The proceeds would go towards new battery facilities so CATL could increase its production capacity. The Canadian company has two lithium mining projects in Argentina.

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Teslarati

MAY 23, 2022

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. . Zietlow and his crew used a Volkswagen ID.4

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2015

The team discovered evidence of the dominance of leaded gasoline based on measurements in an ice core from Illimani glacier in Bolivia; Illimani is the highest mountain of the eastern Bolivian Andes and is located at the northeastern margin of the Andean Altiplano. Glacier ice is an invaluable archive of past air pollution.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2016

In order to produce a half million cars per year•we would basically need to absorb the entire world’s lithium-ion production.” Right now, most of the world’s lithium comes from Australia, China and the “Lithium Triangle” of Argentina, Chile and Bolivia. Remember—this is one man, one company.

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The lithium sector in South America’s "lithium triangle," which spans Argentina, Chile, and Bolivia, has long been central to the global race for extracting the battery metal needed for electric vehicles. Lately, though, the race has been red-flagged as lithium prices have plummeted by over 80% since early 2023.

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

This is approximately half of global production. Australia is the global leader in lithium production in 2021, with Chile (26,000 tonnes), China (14,000 tonnes), and Argentina (6,200 […].

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 15, 2024

Argentina is part of the “Lithium Triangle” along with Chile and Bolivia with more than half of the world’s total lithium resources and having the distinction of having 2nd largest lithium resources.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 20, 2024

Global miner Rio Tinto will invest USD 350 million at its Rincon lithium plant in Argentina as it works to begin production by the end of the year, the company said this week following Chief Executive Jakob Stausholm ‘s visit to the site. Geological Survey, reaching 9,600 metric tons.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 16, 2024

The current deal, signed with an Argentinian state-run enterprise, marks a significant milestone for KABIL as it secures exploration and developmental rights for commercial production.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 6, 2024

The desert holds the main deposits of the mineral in Chile, which is part of Latin America’s “lithium triangle” with Argentina and Bolivia. The desert holds the main deposits of the mineral in Chile, which is part of Latin America’s “lithium triangle” with Argentina and Bolivia.

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Get Electric Vehicle

AUGUST 22, 2021

It’s easy to talk about plans for domestic battery production plants, but it’s hard to compete with the pricing of subsidized imported batteries. There is already a huge surplus production due to a worldwide rush to put up massive battery manufacturing plants(Though the raw material supply is scarce).

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Baua Electric

MAY 4, 2024

There was also more focus on scaling up market share in Latin American countries such as Colombia, Mexico, Guatemala, Bolivia, and Peru, and on increasing retail finance in markets such as Colombia, Bangladesh, Nepal, Mexico, and Africa to improve affordability and boost sales.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2022

In March, the Biden administration invoked the Defense Production Act, making $750 million available to the mining industry for expansion and other improvements in the production of lithium. Chile and Bolivia appear to be heading down the same path, placing rigid restrictions on outside access to the countries’ lithium.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

insulating or rebuilding Europe’s rickety housing stock could cut heating bills from 30 to 80 per cent, which would slash demand for their product. We have no known Lithium deposits that could sustain domestic battery production. Most of the worlds Lithium is located in Bolivia, 50% plus. Bolivia is no friend of the USA.

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Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

billion in EV production. It’s going to take some work get lithium production going. may be forced to rely on foreign countries–primarily China, Australia and Chile, Argentina and Bolivia in South America–or our lithium supplies. currently ranks sixth or seventh in the world in annual lithium production.

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Baua Electric

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

There have been concerns about the rise in electric vehicle adoption leading to human rights issues, especially due to the increased need for some metals related to battery production, which are sometimes mined in difficult conditions. The bulk of the concerns revolve around cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Under its agreement with Bolivia, CBC will build two direct lithium extraction plants, investing at least $1 billion. The project will be located in the Uyuni salt flat in Southwest Bolivia. The Uyuni salt flat falls within the lithium triangle, which is shared between Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina.

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