The country with the world's largest deposits of lithium finally has taken action to develop its resources, awarding three contracts to Russian and Chinese groups since the beginning of the year.
The Bolivian government is set this month to choose companies that would turn the lithium in reservoirs below its salt flats into economic resources exported to the world market. Launched during a global commodities boom that emboldened the country, Bolivia’s lithium industry has struggled. The state lithium corporation, Yacimientos de Litio Bolivianos, or YLB, has […]