Bolivia launches new international tender for lithium extraction
Bolivia’s government has launched a new international tender for companies to extract lithium from the country’s salt flats, the energy minister said on Friday.
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Bolivia Uyuni plant to yield first lithium by 2025-end
Bolivian state-owned lithium company YLB has inked a new deal with a Chinese consortium to install a pilot plant at the vast Uyuni salt flat, which would use Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) technology.
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China’s CBC increases stake in Bolivia lithium mining
The Chinese consortium CBC, which includes battery giant CATL, and Bolivia signed a deal on Wednesday, deepening their cooperation in one of the world’s largest lithium reserves.
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India in talks with Argentina, Bolivia to acquire lithium assets
Mining News Pro - India is at an advanced stage of discussions with Argentina to acquire lithium blocks, the country’s top bureaucrat in the mining ministry said on Tuesday.
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Bolivian senate approves general terms of bill to monetize gold
Mining News Pro - Bolivia’s Senate approved Thursday in general terms a central bank bill that would allow the country to monetize its gold reserves, a key step to ease a dollar shortage and tame a growing financial crisis.
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UK university, Bolivian government join forces to boost lithium industry
Mining News Pro - The University of Warwick and the Bolivian Government have joined forces to collaborate on lithium battery research with the goal of backing the South American country’s efforts to become a world leader in renewable energies and electric vehicles.
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Bolivia taps Chinese battery giant CATL to help develop lithium riches
Mining News Pro - Bolivia has chosen a consortium including Chinese battery giant CATL to help develop the South American country’s huge, but largely untapped, reserves of lithium after a lengthy bidding process involving firms from the United States and Russia.
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Bolivian activists push back against mining industry
Indigenous communities in several national parks say their way of life is threatened by the encroachment of gold mining.
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First mover New Pacific, other juniors make headway in once off-limits Bolivia
Mining News Pro - Once considered a pariah, Bolivia is quickly gaining a reputation as an exciting jurisdiction for mineral exploration.
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Bolivian authorities investigate tailings pond collapse near Potosí
Mining News Pro - Bolivian authorities are investigating the causes behind the collapse of a tailings facility near the southern town of Potosí, an accident that took place a week ago and that caused a mix of mud and mine residue to reach at least four rivers that drain into the Pilcomayo River.
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Bolivia again delays announcement on lithium mining tie-ups
Mining News Pro - Bolivia’s government on Wednesday declined to name which of six short-listed companies it would select to help mine its untapped lithium riches, with the chief of the country’s state-run lithium company saying more than one could be eventually selected.
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EnergyX disqualified from Bolivian lithium race on technicality
Mining News Pro - Last week, Austin, Texas-based EnergyX and Argentine energy firm Tecpetrol were disqualified from a race to mine Bolivian lithium, the government said, as the country aims to tap its vast resources in partnership with one or more foreign companies.
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In Bolivia’s Amazon, wildcat gold mining boom stokes tension over environment
Mining News Pro - In Bolivia’s Amazon tensions are rising over a boom in wildcat gold mining that is driving a surge in imports of mercury used to extract the precious metal and is sparking conflict between small-scale prospectors and local indigenous groups.
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EnergyX out of Bolivian lithium race
Mining News Pro - EnergyX and Argentine energy firm Tecpetrol have been disqualified from a race to mine Bolivian lithium, the government said, as the country aims to tap its vast resources in partnership with one or more foreign companies.
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Legendary lithium riches from Bolivia’s salt flats may still just be a mirage
Mining News Pro - On Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni, a vast white salt flat that feels almost otherworldly, Karina Quispe is watching from the sidelines a global resource race for the world’s largest – and almost untapped – trove of battery metal lithium.
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Mexico seeks lithium association with Argentina, Bolivia and Chile
Mining News Pro - Mexico is working with governments of Argentina, Bolivia and Chile to create a lithium association so the countries can share their expertise to exploit the battery mineral, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Tuesday.
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Bolivian senator, Indigenous representatives attacked by illegal miners
Mining News Pro - Bolivian senator Cecilia Requena, members of the Senate’s Land and Territory Committee and representatives from Amazonian Indigenous organizations were attacked over the weekend when conducting an inspection in an area near the Madidi National Park and Integrated Management Natural Area.
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Three massive amethyst clusters recovered from historic Bolivian mine
Mining News Pro - Three massive amethyst clusters, the largest to be unearthed in 20 years, have been recovered from the historic Anahí mine, located in eastern Bolivia near the border with Brazil and famous for hosting large amounts of amethyst, citrine, and amethyst-citrine.
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Intercontinental ships first zinc-silver concentrate from Bolivia
Mining News Pro - Canada’s Intercontinental Gold and Metals announced that it has completed the first zinc-silver concentrate shipment from its toll processing facility in Bolivia.
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Bolivia’s largest mine suspends operations again due to pandemic
Mining News Pro - Bolivia’s San Cristóbal mine, a huge deposit of zinc, lead and silver, has suspended operations for a second time due to the coronavirus outbreak, it said on Monday, as covid-19 infections continued to spread in the landlocked South American nation.
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Lithium in Bolivia: “always a possibility never a reality”
Mining News Pro - “The Bolivian government has never adapted best practice lithium resource development structures and strategies and they should,” Emily Hersh said.
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Sumitomo scores legal victory in Bolivia
Mining News Pro - Japan’s Sumitomo Corp. scored a legal victory in Bolivia after the country’s top court ruled in favour of the company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Minera San Cristóbal, in a two-year-long labour dispute.
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Bolivia’s largest mine suspends operations as virus controls tighten
Mining News Pro - Bolivia’s San Cristóbal mine, a huge desposit of zinc, lead and silver, has suspended operations after the country imposed tough rules to halt the spread of coronavirus, its operator Minera San Cristóbal said in a statement on Friday.
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Sumitomo halts mines in Bolivia, Madagascar
Mining News Pro - Japan’s Sumitomo Corp. became on Thursday the latest major diversified miner to temporarily suspend operations at some of its mines to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.
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Germany to urge next Bolivian leaders to revive lithium deal
Mining News Pro - Germany will seek talks with Bolivia`s next government to revive a deal to exploit jointly huge lithium reserves in the Andean country, as it works to secure supplies for production of electric cars in Europe`s largest economy, officials said.
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