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The Lithium Triangle (Spanish: Triángulo del Litio) is a region of the Andes that is rich in lithium reserves, encompassed by the borders of Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile. [1] The lithium in the triangle is concentrated in various salt pans that exist along the Atacama Desert and neighboring arid areas .
Lithium has grown in value due to the increased demand for these products and a growing global emphasis on renewable energy. More than half of the world's lithium reserves are located in what is known as the lithium triangle: an area that spans parts of Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile.
Português: Mina de lítio no Salar de Uyuni na Bolívia, em imagem CBERS4 MUX de ontem. A uma altitude de 3.700m, o deserto de sal de Uyuni é o maior do mundo com 8.000 km2. É coberto com uma crosta de sal, em cor branca, de alguns metros e é completamente plano. Áreas em verde e azul claro estão cobertas por salmoura, uma solução concentrada de sal em água, rica em lítio.
Argentina, along with Chile and Bolivia, comprise Latin America's so-called lithium triangle containing one of the world's biggest reserves of the ultra-light metal.
The total of Bolivia’s confirmed lithium resources has increased 2 million tons to 23 million tons, the Andean country’s president said Thursday. The new estimate further cements Bolivia’s ...
Argentina is the world's second largest lithium brine producer [12] which is located in Jujuy (e. g. Salar de Olaroz and Salinas Grandes mines). The so-called Lithium Triangle, consisting of NW Argentina, Bolivia and NE Chile holds more than half the world's supply. [13]
Flores de Callata’s native Kolla people have spent centuries climbing deep into the mountains of northern Argentina in search of a simple substance: Fresh drinking water. The metal is key in the ...
According to the United States Geological Survey, Bolivia’s resources of lithium are estimated to be 9 million metric tons as of 2018. [15] In 2017, a state-owned company Yacimientos de Litio Bolivianos (YLB) was created with the aim of extracting the lithium deposits and developing the lithium industry. [ 3 ]