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Bolivia champions direct lithium extraction; assures it will expedite its industrialization

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Deputy Minister of High Energy Technologies Álvaro Arnez said that with DLE it will be possible to "accelerate the use" of lithium and give it an added value through industrialization.

"This will allow us to take a qualitative leap and reach the end of 2024 or early 2025 with industrial-scale production of lithium hydroxide and battery cathodes," Arnez said in a press release from the Ministry of Hydrocarbons and Energy.

FOREIGN COMPANIES NOT ALLOWED TO EXPLOIT LITHIUM

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