Maxwell Radwin, Mongabay: COLCHANI, Bolivia — Bolivia is taking another shot at lithium investment. After decades of stalled projects and soured relationships with international investors, the central government, under left-wing President Luis Arce, is evaluating offers from six overseas mining companies eager to help the country set up a monopoly on the world’s largest deposit…
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Hay controversia sobre el impacto ambiental en la Reserva de Tariquía por intervención petrolera | There is controversy about the environmental impact in the Tariquía Reserve due to oil intervention
El Deber: The environmentalist of the platform “United for Tariquia, José Humacata says that more than 55% of the protected area will be destroyed at the confluence of important rivers. YPFB Chaco says that the intervention will only be 0.004% YPFB Chaco, a subsidiary of YPFB Corporación, reaffirmed that the intervention in the Astillero oil…
Bolivia: returns to hydrocarbon deficit | vuelve al déficit en hidrocarburos
Editorial, El Deber: After 30 years, what was seen to come and what those who know were warning about finally happened: Bolivia has a deficit between exports and imports of hydrocarbons; this means that more is spent on buying fuel from abroad than what is earned from the sale of natural gas. According to official…
Why Russia should not win the bid for Bolivia’s lithium (commentary) | Por qué Rusia no debería ganar la licitación por el litio de Bolivia (comentario)
Mongabay: Commentary by Joseph Bouchard on 7 June 2022 The government of Bolivia is currently negotiating with various foreign companies from countries including Argentina, the United States, China, and Russia, for the handling of its lithium extraction. Results of the bidding process should be announced within the next two weeks. A top contender is Russia: Moscow-based Uranium…
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