BOLIVIA LITHIUM PRODUCTION MOVES FORWARD WITH SOUTH KOREA JOINT VENTURE

BY JONATHAN DYSON, IN BOLIVIA THE INDUSTRIAL production of lithium carbonate and lithium-ion batteries in Bolivia has moved a step closer following the formation of a joint venture between Bolivia's state-owned mining corporation Comibol and a South Korea consortium led by the country's state-run mineral development corporation Korea Resources Corp. (Kores). This joint venture contract, signed earlier this month, has been set up to produce lithium cathodes, a key component of lithium batteries, at a new pilot plant in Bolivia, using lithium carbonate produced at ...


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