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🇧🇴 Bolivia is nearing a decision on which of six firms – four Chinese, one Russian, and one American – will partner with its state lithium company, Yacimientos de Litio Bolivianos.

Latinometrics: The price of lithium carbonate – essential for building electric vehicle batteries – has surged by almost 10x since early 2021. Bolivia has recently discovered the world’s largest reserves of the mineral.

The Lithium Triangle: Bolivia currently produces far less than neighboring Argentina and Chile, perhaps explained in part by many Bolivians’ resistance to lithium mining on social and environmental grounds.

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