Latin America and the Caribbean falls short of its potential to become a key player in the lithium despite its large reserves, while facing challenges to take advantage of the limited “window of opportunity” offered by the attractive industry, said Thursday the ECLAC. In a study, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean […]
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Salar de Maricunga, is the water or lithium in the second largest reserve in the world
Located in the heart of the Atacama desert, in the foothills of the foothills that ascends to 6,000 meters of the impressive volcano “The Eyes of the Salty”on the border with Argentina, the Maricunga salt flat is one of many landscapes of Chili that takes your breath away for its beauty. A pristine space, only […]
Car manufacturers compete to secure supplies of the so-called ‘white gold’: lithium
Faced with the threat of a possible shortage of lithium for the batteries electric carsautomobile manufacturers compete to ensure the supply of so-called “White gold”in a politically and environmentally tense struggle that ranges from China to Nevada and Chili. General Motors Co. and the parent company of Chinese company BYD Auto Ltd. went directly to […]
Australian Galan Lithium gets permission to develop lithium project in Argentina
The Australian mining company Galan Lithium will be able to develop a project for the extraction of lithium in the enormous Salar del Hombre Muerto, after the northern Argentine province of Catarmarca granted it permission, the company announced Monday. In a statement, the company specified that the Catamarca Ministry of Mining granted it the initial […]
Chile will start bidding for lithium permits in the first half of 2024
He Government of Chilealmost two months after the announcement of a national lithium strategyhas published a 33-page document that provides details on the objectives of the policy, the timetable and the main expected milestones. The copper giant Codelco and the national mining company Enami will obtain lithium exploration and exploitation permits before the end of […]
In the “Valley of Misery” in Brazil, El Dorado del lithium is born
Under a cloud of gray dust, an excavator loads a truck with stone blocks containing lithiumthe mineral called “white gold” essential for the energy transition. The movement of heavy machinery is incessant on the reddish earth, in the heart of the Jequitinhonha valley, in the state of Minas Gerais (southeast), one of the poorest regions […]
France wants to partner with Chile in the exploitation of lithium
France expressed interest on Friday in partnering with Chili to exploit the lithiuma key mineral in the manufacture of batteries for electric vehicles, and for this it offers technology that allows to reduce the consumption of water in the extraction process. “We are in Chile to talk (…) about the association that we can start […]
Chile and the keys to its new lithium and copper policy
The leftist government gabriel boricwhich seeks resources for its ambitious social programs in Chilioutlined a new mining policy that arouses special interest in the future of the lithiumalso called white gold, vital in the transition towards clean energy. Chile thus increased taxes on the exploitation of copper, a metal of which it is the world’s […]
Chile and France agree to promote investigations into the exploitation of copper and lithium
Chili and France signed this Thursday two memorandums of understanding to promote research projects for the “sustainable” exploitation of copper and lithiumagreements in which French companies and research centers meet with Chilean public actors. “Today we have finalized two agreements between French companies and the Government of France, with cochilco and ENAMI, who are going […]
Chile has dealt with 46 potential investors from 12 countries to exploit lithium
The government of Chili has dealt in recent months with 46 investors from 12 countries interested in exploiting the lithiumto which it has presented its “national strategy”, which seeks that the extraction of this crucial mineral for the energy transition generates added value. Is about “create a lithium industry that generates added value”stressed to EFE […]