LA PAZ (Reuters) – Bolivia’s government will not take a final resolution on imaginable lithium mining mergers with personal partners until December, six months later than planned, a senior official told state television on Friday.
The government is recently comparing six companies to help tap into the country’s untapped lithium wealth. It is very likely that one or more will decide to marry the state company Yacimientos de Litios Bolivianos (YLB).
Alvaro Arnez, deputy minister of high-energy technologies, told the state broadcaster that the government now plans to have proposals in conditions of attention through companies until the end of October, with an agreement or final agreements in force until the end of December.
Previously, the government had planned to announce its final variety last month. He hopes personal partners can help revive lithium mining in Bolivia’s vast salty expanses, home to the world’s largest white steel deposits, coveted by rechargeable battery makers.
Despite decades of attempts, Bolivia has still managed to announce lithium production. The demand for ultralight steel has increased in recent years.
This month, the government reduced the maximum number of candidates from 8 to 6, after disqualifying U. S. startup EnergyX and Argentine utility Tecpetrol. [L1N2XW01M]
Bolivia, one of the poorest countries in the Americas, faces wonderful demanding situations to achieve its purpose of generating lithium-ion batteries until 2025.
A Reuters last month highlighted technological challenges, social resistance, legal hurdles and political changes that are undermining Bolivia’s extraction plans. [L2N2X906]
None of the shortlisted companies have mined lithium in the past on an advertising scale.
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