Surfer Today reports: Finnish skateboarder Jaakko Ojanen created a skatepark out of bricks of pure salt in the high Andes mountain range. The project had never been attempted before in the history of skateboarding, but the internationally renowned rider wanted to make it a reality. The “White Desert” project allowed Ojanen, Angelo Caro, Luciano Cristobal,…
Category: Potosi
Reflections from Bolivia
Ryandall Lim writes for Straits Times: Up in the cloudless sky, a million stars twinkled. I had traipsed across South America and capped my 40-day adventure in Bolivia. 2020 was off to a great start and I could not wait for the rest of it. But towards the end of my trip in February, posts…
Mummified Corpse Discovered in Bolivia’s Salt Flats
Rosie McCall reports for Newsweek: A mummified body has been found in Bolivia’s famous Salar de Uyuni, the world’s largest salt flat and a popular tourist destination. According to Bolivian news outlet El Potosí, workers recently discovered the body atop the salt flat, a white desert spanning 4,086 square miles (10,582 square kilometers) in the Andes…
The lithium race – La carrera del litio
Humberto Vacaflor writes in El Diario: The lithium race The government of the coca grower Morales took ten years in the Uyuni lithium exploitation project and allocated 800 million dollars to carry it out, but Bolivia has not even entered the competition, where Chile and Argentina are first. The country with the largest salt flat…
Cerro Rico production stops after nearly 500 years
Paul Harris reports for Mining Journal: Revolution, war, plague and genocide couldn’t stop production from Cerro Rico in Potosi, Bolivia, but COVID-19 has seen it suspended after almost 500 years. Editor’s Note: Mining Journal is making some of its most important coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic freely available to readers. For more coverage, please see…
Sumitomo to halt operations at mines in Bolivia, Madagascar to prevent coronavirus spread
Reuters reports: TOKYO, March 26 (Reuters) – Sumitomo Corp will temporarily suspend operation at its San Cristobal silver-zinc-lead mine in Bolivia and its Ambatovy nickel mine in Madagascar to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, it said on Thursday. The company said it is examining any impact on its earnings for the current business year…
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