China to increase lithium production in Bolivia
State-owned Yacimientos de Litio Boliviano (YLB), together with Chinese companies CATL, BRUNP, and CMOC (CBC), will build two direct lithium extraction (DLE) production plants in Bolivia’s Uyuni and Coipasa salt flats. They are scheduled for completion by 2025, and each could produce about 25,000 tonnes of high-purity lithium carbonate for batteries per year, according to […]