lithium

Mexico’s Senate receives mining law proposal for lithium exploitation

Published on: April 19, 2022
09:46

By: Aleynes Palacios Hurtado

Mexico City, Apr 19 (Prensa Latina) The Mexican Senate on Tuesday received the draft of the presidential proposal for a reform to the Mining Law to preserve lithium from the voracity of foreign companies.

Chile begins new lithium exploration in the southern Atacama

Published on: February 17, 2022
11:03

By: Alina Ramos Martin

Santiago de Chile, Feb 17 (Prensa Latina) Chile will begin new lithium exploration work today in the Maricunga salt flat, some 670 kilometers south of this capital, the National Copper Corporation (Codelco) reported in an statement.

Lithium deposit discovered near Mount Everest

Published on: February 16, 2022
09:39

By: Erich Tellez Corrales

Beijing, Feb 16 (Prensa Latina) A Chinese scientific team discovered a deposit with more than one million tons of lithium in a region near Mount Everest, known here as Qomolangma, media reported today.

Chilean newspaper criticizes lithium award to consortiums

Published on: January 14, 2022
12:02

By: Aleynes Palacios Hurtado

Santiago de Chile, Jan 14 (Prensa Latina) The Chilean daily El Siglo described as dark the government's operation of awarding lithium exploitation to private consortiums, something that sparked new criticism on Friday.

López Obrador reiterates sovereignty over lithium

Published on: October 7, 2021
11:16

By: Prensa Latina

Mexico, Oct 7 (Prensa Latina) Lithium must belong to the Mexican nation, under exclusive public management and without concessions that affect the ownership of this mineral, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador reiterated today.

Tribes: New evidence proves massacre was at Nevada mine site

Published on: October 6, 2021
07:30

By: Prensa Latina

Washington, Oct 6 (Prensa Latina) Tribal lawyers are asking a US judge in Nevada to reconsider her earlier refusal to block digging at a proposed lithium mine close to the Oregon line where they say newly uncovered evidence proves it was the sacred site of a massacre of dozens of Native Americans in 1865.

Mexico’ Senate prepares reform to protect lithium

Published on: September 3, 2021
10:42

By: Prensa Latina

Mexico, Sep 3 (Prensa Latina) The Mexican Senate is preparing to pass a reform to the Constitution looking to protect the nation's property over lithium, legislative sources revealed today.

Bolivia boosts lithium and potassium sales to the world market

Published on: August 12, 2021
14:52

By: Prensa Latina

La Paz, (Prensa Latina) The company Yacimientos de Litio Bolivianos (YLB) plans to increase sales of lithium carbonate and potassium chloride to the world market and generate revenues exceeding 17 million dollars, the ABI agency reported today.

Russia, China and US are Bolivia’s main lithium markets

Published on: July 21, 2021
00:15

By: Prensa Latina

La Paz, Jul 21 (Prensa Latina) Russia, China and the United States were the main export markets for Bolivia's lithium carbonate since January to date, according to the deputy minister of High Energy Technologies, Alvaro Arnez.

Bolivia moves ahead in reactivating lithium industry

Published on: May 10, 2021
14:36

By: Prensa Latina

La Paz, May 10 (Prensa Latina) Bolivia is moving ahead in reactivating the lithium industry to generate environmentally friendly energy and produce high quality fertilizers, an official source announced on Monday.

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