Lithium and lies – Litio y mentiras

Humberto Vacaflor, El Diario: Economic analysis President Luis Arce decided to lie in Mexico, probably thinking he was in Bolivia.He said that the Quantum electric cars that are made in Cochabamba use lithium batteries made in the country, which is not true: they use lead batteries.The lithium battery plant that the government of the coca…

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…

As lithium demand rises, investors sharpen focus on Bolivia

From the Mining Weakly, excerpts pertaining Bolivia follows: As lithium demand rises, investors sharpen focus on Chile, Argentina and Bolivia TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – In step with the breakneck growth in demand for lithium, driven by the unprecedented use of the soft, silver-white metal in new battery technologies, investors are increasingly scrutinising South American countries such…