Bolivia's 2024 lithium deals face parliamentary delays over transparency, environmental, and economic concerns.

A new agreement between Bolivia's state-owned Yacimientos de Litio Bolivianos (YLB) and the Chinese consortium CATL, BRUNP & CMOC (CBC) was signed Thursday to install a lithium carbonate pilot ...

Bolivia's Vice Minister of Communication Gabriela Alcón said this week that spreading misinformation about lithium contracts would result in delays to the mineral's industrialization in her country.

Bolivia's ambitious push to harness its vast lithium reserves has raised alarms over the risks assumed by the state in agreements with foreign companies. Contracts with Russia's Uranium One Group ...

But Bolivia’s track record of lithium development is far from stellar. YLB’s first processing plant operated at just 17% of capacity last year and is projected to run at 23% this year, with no ...

Protesters in Bolivia disrupted a government conference Thursday that was discussing lithium contracts with Chinese and Russian businesses. Bolivians say the country’s lithium — the largest re ...

A woman holds signs with messages that read in Spanish, "Lithium belongs to Bolivians, it is the white gold of the people, we will defend it" and "Lithium is not sold for a dead chicken" during a ...

In particular, the “Lithium Triangle” of Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile is home to over 60 percent of the world’s lithium supply. Getting to them will largely depend on international politics.

Chinese electric carmaker BYD acquired mineral rights for two plots of land in a lithium-rich part of Brazil in 2023, ...

In a strategic move, American Salars has announced the termination of its option on the Candela II project in the Incahuasi Salar area of Bolivia. "American Salars Lithium to expand lithium ...

A worker uses a shovel to move the raw material for the manufacture of lithium carbonate inside a salt recovery pool at the Llipi pilot Plant in the Uyuni Salt Flats on August 14, 2022 in Uyuni, ...