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The Salar de Olaroz mine is one of the largest lithium mines in Argentina. [1] The mine is located in northern Argentina in Jujuy Province. [1] The Salar de Olaroz mine has reserves amounting to 619 million tonnes of lithium ore grading 0.2% lithium thus resulting 1.21 million tonnes of lithium.
Located in the Lithium Triangle, Salar de Atacama is the world's largest and purest active source of lithium, [19] and contained as of 2008 27% of the world's lithium reserve base, [20] and as of 2017 provided about 36% of the world's lithium carbonate supply, [21] followed by China with 23%.
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 Salar de Uyuni mine is one of the largest lithium mines in Bolivia [1] [dubious – discuss] located in its southern region at Potosí Department. [1] The Salar de Olaroz mine has reserves amounting to 3 billion tonnes of lithium ore grading 0.3% lithium thus resulting 9 million tonnes of lithium.
Most of Chile's lithium reserves are in Salar de Atacama and Salar de Maricunga, [14] and all lithium extracted in Chile as of 2023 comes from Salar de Atacama. [16] The only two lithium-extracting companies currently operating in Chile, SQM and Albemarle , have licences to extract lithium until 2030 and 2043 respectively.
Salar de Uyuni (or "Salar de Tunupa") [1] is the world's largest salt flat, or playa, at 10,582 square kilometres (4,086 sq mi) in area. [2] [3] It is in the Daniel Campos Province in Potosí in southwest Bolivia, near the crest of the Andes at an elevation of 3,656 m (11,995 ft) above sea level.
Lithium Triangle state; 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
Salar del Hombre Muerto is a 600-kilometre (370 mi) [4] salt pan with irregular margins [5] resembling a square. To the north lies the elongated, narrow Lanja Negra or Tincalayu peninsula, while the anvil-shaped Peninsula de Hombre Muerto protrudes from the southeastern side.