Together, they promised to invest $1.4 billion for the construction of two plants for the production and export of 50,000 tons of lithium annually starting in 2025 in the Pastos Grandes salt flats.

LA PAZ, Bolivia — The total of Bolivia’s confirmed lithium resources has increased 2 million tons to 23 million tons, the Andean country’s president said Thursday.The ne… ...

On Bolivia's Salar de Uyuni, a vast white salt flat that feels almost otherworldly, Karina Quispe is watching from the sidelines a global resource race for the world's largest - and almost ...

Bolivia boasts massive lithium resources in sprawling salt flats, but the landlocked South American nation has yet to translate the potential into commercial-scale production.

A new agreement between Bolivia’s government and Chinese firms aims to extract 100,000 tons of lithium from the Uyuni salt flats by 2028. “$1 billion is not enough,” noted Leyland.

In a patch of South America rich in lithium, used to make batteries for electric cars and other tech, Bolivia is lagging behind its neighbors in the race to mine the key metal. An area called the ...

Reports have now emerged that the U.S. may have fortuitously discovered lithium deposits bigger than Bolivia’s salt flats, home to the world's biggest lithium reserves Type your search and press ...

LA PAZ, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Bolivia's government has launched a new international tender for companies to extract lithium from the country's salt flats, the energy minister said on Friday.

In late July, a large sinkhole appeared near the town of Tierra Amarilla in Chile’s Copiapó province in the Atacama salt flat. The crater, which has a diameter of more than 100 feet, emerged in ...

Together, they promised to invest $1.4 billion for the construction of two plants for the production and export of 50,000 tons of lithium annually starting in 2025 in the Pastos Grandes salt flats.

View of Uyuni, the world's largest salt flat, in southern Bolivia, on November 9, ... Lithium-rich Bolivia lags behind in race to mine key metal. By. AFP. Published. December 11, 2024 ...