#Bolivia taps #China, #Russia in bid to unlock huge #Lithium riches
Bolivia has signed lithium agreements with Russian state nuclear firm Rosatom and China’s Citic Guoan Group, the South American country’s government has said, as it looks to develop its huge but largely untapped resources of the battery metal.
The deals, which were announced on Thursday, envisaged a total investment of $1.4bn and followed a similar agreement in January with giant Chinese battery maker CATL, another potential win for Beijing in its efforts to lock in a supply of the metal used in electric vehicles.
Read more at: https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2023/6/29/bolivia-taps-china-russia-in-bid-to-unlock-huge-lithium-riches
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