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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 .
The Lithium Triangle. Bolivia is located in the Lithium Triangle with its neighboring countries of Chile and Argentina. Each country has large lithium reserves but varying policies and outcomes with Bolivia experiencing the lowest levels of production. [3]
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 ]
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 western volcanoes of Bolivia are part of the Central Volcanic Zone of the Andes, a major upper Cenozoic volcanic province. [8] Volcanic eruptions in Bolivia are scarce, the latest one occurred in Irruputuncu in 1995. Volcanic hazards do not represent any threat to the major populated centres which are all in the eastern Altiplano or further ...
Bolivia's iconic salt flats are home to the world's largest lithium resources at 21 million tons, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, but the country has long struggled to ramp up industrial ...
Lithium mine production (tonnes) Rank Country Year 2018 [2] 2019 [3] 2020 [4] 2021 [4] 2022 [5] 2023 [6]; 1 Australia: 51,000 45,000 39,700 55,000 61,000 86,000 2 Chile: 16,000
Mexico said Friday it wants to declare lithium a “strategic mineral” and reserve any future exploration and mining for the government. The move is likely to leave Mexico's only privately ...