State company Y-TEC, the tech arm of YPF, will open the first lithium battery cell factory in September, in La Plata, the capital of Buenos Aires province. Another plant, five times bigger, will kick off in Santiago del Estero in 2024.
The plant will generate 15 megawatts per year, which means it will produce lithium batteries capable of powering 2500 households. The batteries are envisaged for use in rural areas. For example, there is already a Buenos Aires province-backed project to supply the Paulino-Berisso island, home to 70 families who are currently off the power grid.
In 2022, the Argentine government announced a plan to send lithium batteries produced at UniLib — a joint venture between state-owned oil company Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales (YPF), the National University of La Plata (UNLP), and the National Scientific and Technical Research Council — to the island.
EV companies are hungry for Argentina's lithium. Little is left for Argentines Local projects stall as the mineral's fourth-largest producer exports to the U.S. and China, and courts Elon Musk. Andrea Ruscitti, a resident of the small community on Isla Paulino. Photography by Anita Pouchard Serra for Rest of World
Some 40 lithium projects are currently in different stages of exploration, more than in any other country. JPMorgan Chase, a bank, expects Argentina to overtake Chile as the world's second-largest producer by 2027. By 2030 Argentina could supply 16% of the world's lithium, up from 6% in 2021 (see chart).
Although lithium is plentiful, supply is struggling to keep up. Worldwide ten working mines can produce battery-grade lithium, says Daisy Jennings-Gray of Benchmark. A global scramble to find cheap deposits and to build mines to meet the increase in demand has started. Argentina could benefit.
Bolivia president calls for joint Latin America lithium policy. Buenos Aires Herald . March 26, 2023. Buenos Aires Herald ; Demand for lithium, used in rechargeable batteries for cars and electronics, pushed prices for battery-grade metal to around $85,000 per tonne at
Chinese companies control approximately 60 % of lithium refining, 70 % of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) production, and 60 % of LIBs component manufacturing (IEA,
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina''s first plant for lithium batteries will begin operations in September, using metal extracted locally by U.S. company Livent Corp, mining officials said on Saturday.
Rio Tinto Group plans to invest US$2.5 billion in a new lithium mine in Argentina – a win for President Javier Milei''s RIGI investment incentive scheme. Tuesday, February 4, 2025 and the investment in Argentina — the world''s fastest-growing producer of the battery metal — follows its agreement in October to buy US miner Arcadium
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A persistent lithium glut and the prospect that some mines could be restarted if prices rise means the battery metal is unlikely to mount a significant recovery this year. Lithium prices have plunged since late 2022 on oversupply and slower-than-expected growth in electric vehicle demand. The rout
Production of lithium carbonate will start in June at the Exar mining company''s Olaroz-Cauchari project in Jujuy province, the result of an investment of almost US$1 billion. the company will progressively increase
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But when it comes to mining lithium, a light, salt-like metal used for batteries in electric vehicles and mobile phones, the country in question is its dysfunctional neighbour, Argentina.
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The majority-state-owned company Y-TEC is set to open its first industrial-scale lithium battery plant in the city of La Plata, in Buenos Aires province. The facility arrives after several years of research and US$10 million of investment that allowed the company to carry out laboratory work and first test the feasibility of the project at a pilot plant.
The majority-state-owned company Y-TEC is set to open its first industrial-scale lithium battery plant in the city of La Plata, in Buenos Aires province. The facility arrives after several years of research and US$10 million of investment that allowed the company to carry out laboratory work and first test the feasibility of the project at a pilot plant.
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State company Y-TEC, the tech arm of YPF, will open the first lithium battery cell factory in September, in La Plata, the capital of Buenos Aires province. Another plant, five times bigger, will kick off in Santiago del Estero in
Argentina''s first plant for lithium batteries will begin operations in September, using metal extracted locally by U.S. company Livent Corp, mining officials said. Livent had agreed earlier this year to supply lithium to the new
President Alberto Fernández included lithium in the government''s agenda during his speech at the opening of Congress'' regular sessions. The idea of “adding value” will include moving forward in the industrialization of the mineral through mandatory domestic market quotas of up to 20% of production, cell and battery factories by state company Y-TEC, a new
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According to Tecpetrol, its intention is “in line with its energy transition strategy, to responsibly develop these premium lithium assets as part of the integrated western battery supply chain”. For the time being, Alpha Lithium has moved forward with the construction of a pilot plant in Tolillar, with a production capacity of 120 tonnes per year.
Buenos Aires — Global demand for lithium will continue to grow in the coming years, propelled predominantly by a rising production of electric vehicles. While the price for lithium used in batteries has dwindled toward
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Chinese carmaker Chery Inc wants to build a US$400-million EV and battery plant in Argentina amid a rush into Andean lithium supplies. Jujuy, one of three lithium-producing areas of Argentina, is in talks with a company from China to make battery cathodes in the province, according to Governor Gerardo Morales.
Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto on Thursday announced an investment of US$2.5 billion to ramp up domestic production of lithium carbonate, a key ingredient in electric car batteries. "Rio Tinto has
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News of lithium. Homepage for the Buenos Aires Times, Argentina''s only English-language newspaper. China''s Zijin is in talks with Argentina to turn lithium into battery cathode. 02-07-2023 10:51 Argentina will buy locally-produced lithium from US company Livent Corp to produce cells and batteries in a new plant set to start operating
For Saúl Feilbogen, a lawyer specialising in lithium who chaired November''s Argentina & LATAM Lithium Summit in Buenos Aires, it is feasible that another technology will leapfrog the lithium-ion phosphate battery being
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