Baua Electric

MAY 21, 2024

Argentina is the world’s fourth-largest lithium producer, with a pipeline of projects led by international companies set to ramp up in the coming months. Argentina is the world’s fourth-largest lithium producer, with a pipeline of projects led by international companies set to ramp up in the coming months.

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JULY 9, 2023

Korea) of the country’s first lithium hydroxide plant, which will produce secondary battery materials using lithium produced from brine in Argentina. The establishment of the lithium hydroxide plant is part of POSCO Holdings’ investment in Argentina’s lithium resources, which was announced in October last year. Earlier post.)

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MARCH 4, 2023

Vancouver-based Ultra Lithium announced the brine sampling results from a drill hole at its 100% owned Laguna Verde brine lithium project in Catamarca Province, Argentina. The Laguna Verde project is the flagship project of the company and one of the company’s 100%-owned brine lithium projects in Argentina. Laguna Verde project site 1.

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MARCH 29, 2021

Australia-based Bass Metals has signed a binding term sheet to acquire Blackearth SA which holds an option to acquire the san Jorge Lithium Project located in Catamarca province, Argentina. UBS is now forecasting an 11-fold increase to 2030 in the amount of lithium required, as well as a 7-fold increase in the amount of natural graphite.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Shell Offshore, a subsidiary of Shell plc, has started production at the Shell-operated Vito floating production facility in the US Gulf of Mexico (GoM). Shell reached an FID on Whale in 2021 and is currently scheduled to begin production in 2024. Shell is the leading operator in the US Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas production.

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APRIL 8, 2015

Nissan Motor will invest $600 million in Argentina and will become an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) with the domestic production there of an all-new NP300 Frontier pick-up. This production line alone, will generate approximately 1,000 direct jobs, and another 2,000 indirect.

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DECEMBER 4, 2014

an Argentine lithium development company in which it owns a stake, has officially started lithium production at Salar de Olaroz in Jujuy Province, northwestern Argentina. This plant has now starts commercial production. This project marks the first investment by a Japanese company into lithium carbonate development in Argentina.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Volkswagen is investing some €560 million (US$652 million) over the next five years in the production of a new MQB-based SUV in Pacheco, Argentina. From 2020, the plant will deliver the new model built in Argentina to the entire South American continent. Key drivers behind this positive development are Brazil and Argentina.

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OCTOBER 25, 2012

Akerson was joined by Argentina President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner; GM South America President Jaime Ardila; and GM Argentina President Isela Costantini. GM Argentina produced a record of more than 136,000 vehicles at its Rosario facility in 2011. —Isela Costantini.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 16, 2024

In a move aimed at bolstering its lithium reserves and fostering the development of lithium mining and downstream sectors, India’s state-owned Khanij Bidesh India (KABIL) has inked a significant lithium exploration deal in Argentina. This includes initiatives in countries like Australia, Argentina, and Chile.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 20, 2024

Global miner Rio Tinto will invest USD 350 million at its Rincon lithium plant in Argentina as it works to begin production by the end of the year, the company said this week following Chief Executive Jakob Stausholm ‘s visit to the site.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Germany-based Evonik Industries is building a new plant for manufacturing catalysts for biodiesel production in Argentina. The plant, which is expected to be operational by the end of 2012 at the latest, will supply ready-to-use alcoholates as catalysts for the production of biodiesel from renewable resources.

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MARCH 13, 2016

Argentina offers one of the few places on earth where oil companies are not suffering from the full force of the collapse in prices. Argentina regulates oil prices, a policy originally intended to insulate the public from the whims of the market, protecting people from triple-digit crude prices. by Nick Cunningham of Oilprice.com.

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DECEMBER 29, 2011

will begin lithium production in the Salar de Olaroz Lithium-Potash Project in Argentina in 2013 through its joint venture with Australian mining concern Orocobre Ltd. Results of a feasibility study at the site, a salt lake in northwestern Argentina, showed estimated deposits of 6.4 Toyota Group company Toyota Tsusho Corp.

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APRIL 5, 2013

Argentina state-owned energy company YPF and Dow Chemical have signed a memorandum of understanding jointly to develop shale gas in the Vaca Muerta. In December, YPF and Bridas, an Argentina-based oil and gas company 50% owned by China National Offshore Oil Corporation, agreed to invest $1.5 Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 3, 2016

to construct multiple isobutanol plants in Argentina using corn as a feedstock. The plant is expected to have a production capacity of up to five million gallons of isobutanol per year. The production capacity of these additional plants is still to be determined. Patrick Gruber, Gevo CEO.

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DECEMBER 1, 2022

Ford has produced its 150,000 th Mustang Mach-E electric vehicle since starting production nearly two years ago, a significant milestone as the company scales EV production to a rate of 600,000 annually by late 2023 and more than 2 million annually by 2026.

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MAY 22, 2014

ExxonMobil Exploration Argentina, jointly with Gas y Petróleo del Neuquén, has discovered oil and gas in an unconventional shale well in Neuquén Province of Argentina. million acres and in excess of 90,000 net barrels of oil-equivalent daily production. The horizontal leg of the well extends for 3,280 feet (1,000 meters).

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MAY 23, 2020

lithium carbonate product from its industrial-scale pilot plant operations at the Rincon Lithium Project in Salta Province, Argentina. his significant achievement of our first product shipment from operations at Rincon is another key development milestone for the Company, and confirms the marketability of our high quality >99.5%

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MARCH 30, 2016

LAC) are forming a 50/50 joint venture to develop the Caucharí-Olaroz lithium project in Argentina. The updated study will evaluate economic feasibility for a project with a nameplate production capacity of approximately 40,000 metric tons per year of lithium carbonate equivalent. Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A.

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APRIL 21, 2022

Bolivia is lithium-rich; the USGS estimates identified lithium reserves in the country to be 21 million tons—ahead of Argentina and Chile, the other members of the “lithium triangle”. However, Bolivia is production-poor; Chile and Argentina are top global producers, but Bolivia has yet to produce the mineral in commercial quantities.

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MARCH 31, 2021

By sourcing lithium from a second supplier, we are securing requirements for production of our current fifth generation of battery cells. Now, the company is broadening its supplier base and additionally sourcing lithium from Argentina, where the raw material is obtained from brine from salt lakes.

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DECEMBER 22, 2021

Rio Tinto has entered into a binding agreement to acquire the Rincon lithium project in Argentina from Rincon Mining , a company owned by funds managed by the private equity group Sentient Equity Partners, for $825 million. The project is a long-life, scaleable resource capable of producing battery-grade lithium carbonate.

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JANUARY 6, 2014

China and Argentina are close behind, according to Lux, although the former remains plagued by poor infrastructure, local turf wars, and challenging geology while the latter retains elements of instability both economically and politically. Click to enlarge. Companies like US Seismic Systems, Ziebel, Microseismic Inc.,

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JULY 9, 2022

It plans to expand its production capacity to tens of thousands of tons by 2030. The two companies also shared the medium-to-long-term expansion plans for SK On’s secondary battery production, and discussed how POSCO Group will increase the supply of raw materials to its partner. Establishment of networks to collect used batteries.

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JULY 22, 2020

The Nuseed Carinata production system, currently grown in Argentina, achieved best in class greenhouse gas reduction (GHG), certified by the leading independent globally recognized Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB). —Saipol CEO, Christophe Beaunoir.

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JANUARY 2, 2023

The Silver Peak mine—now owned by Albemarle —generates about 1% of the world’s annual production of lithium. Brine operations, mostly in Chile and Argentina, generate about 75% of worldwide production. The mining of lithium-containing ore, which is especially common in Australia, accounts for the rest.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2022

This is approximately half of global production. Australia is the global leader in lithium production in 2021, with Chile (26,000 tonnes), China (14,000 tonnes), and Argentina (6,200 […].

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MARCH 29, 2022

Rio Tinto has completed the acquisition of the Rincon lithium project in Argentina for $825 million, following approval from Australia’s Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB). We will be working with local communities, the Province of Salta and the Government of Argentina as we develop this project to the highest ESG standards.

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AUGUST 19, 2010

Cargill will invest a total of US$112 million in an 18 MW co-generation plant and a soybean biodiesel production plant with a processing capacity of 240,000 tons per year in Argentina.

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MAY 28, 2022

developer of the ll-electric vertical take-off and landing (“eVTOL”) Lilium Jet, and Livent Corporation , a producer of lithium products for the battery cell industry, will collaborate on the advancement of lithium-metal technology for use in high-performance battery cells.

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JUNE 8, 2020

Grown as a scalable cover crop in Argentina, it will be processed into a renewable fuel with best-in-class greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction. Nuseed added carinata to its global portfolio in November 2019, following a successful pilot project in Argentina and acquiring specific carinata technology from the crop’s developer.

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Although use of these minerals is not restricted to battery production for EVs, they are nonetheless important for meeting the increasing demand for EV production. The United States imports many of the minerals used in EV batteries, such as cobalt, graphite, lithium, manganese, and nickel, with lithium being the predominant mineral.

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APRIL 17, 2023

Higher EV penetration reduces GHG emissions from fuel use regardless of the transportation energy transition, while those from fuel production are more sensitive to energy-sector decarbonization and could reach nearly “net zero” by 2040. —Zhang et al. (a) a) Annual demand and recycling potential with or without a second use. (a)

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NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Distribution of reserves (dashed circles) and world primary production (solid circles) with the main companies present on current production sites and on-going projects. Production is currently concentrated between Australia (40%), Argentina and Chile (50% between them). Source: USGS, 2017).

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 15, 2024

Argentina is part of the “Lithium Triangle” along with Chile and Bolivia with more than half of the world’s total lithium resources and having the distinction of having 2nd largest lithium resources. The signing took place in Catamarca, Argentina, in the presence of Catamarca’s Governor Lic. Raul Jalil, Vice Governor Eng.

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APRIL 24, 2021

The merged entity will also be the fifth-largest lithium company by production according to Benchmark’s Lithium Forecast, with Orocobre and Galaxy’s active assets delivering a combined capacity of around 35,000 tpa LCE. The resulting company will have a A$4-billion (US$3.1-billion)

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