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Montevideo, April 19th 2024 - 18:06 UTC

Tag: Bolivian Lithium Deposit (YLB)

  • Friday, January 19th 2024 - 10:27 UTC

    Lithium: Bolivia's YLB signs new agreement with China's CBC

    Opposition lawmakers said these announcements were mere propaganda

    A new agreement between Bolivia's state-owned Yacimientos de Litio Bolivianos (YLB) and the Chinese consortium CATL, BRUNP & CMOC (CBC) was signed Thursday to install a lithium carbonate pilot plant with Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) technology in the Uyuni salt flat and would have a production of 2,500 tons per year after an investment worth US$ 90 million.

  • Thursday, December 13th 2018 - 09:04 UTC

    Bolivia, Germany agree to join efforts in extracting lithium from Uyuni

    The joint venture will create “competitive mining, now that lithium gains importance as an industrial raw material,” explained Altmaier.

    Germany and Bolivia will join forces for the extraction of lithium, as Europe's largest economy moves to secure supplies for battery-powered vehicles, which are believed to be looming over, the German government announced Wednesday.