Battery Supply Chains and Buenos Aires Role in the Lithium Boom
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Buenos Aires — Last week, Argentina's President Alberto Fernández visited the first Argentine lithium cells and batteries manufacturing plant belonging to Y-TEC, a company that is part of state-owned energy giant YPF, and which will produce its first pilot models of lithium batteries in December, after taking delivery of components in October.
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.
Two Argentine sites, Salar de Hombre de Muerto and Salar Cauchari - Olaroz, are already producing lithium hydroxide and lithium carbonate, and are among the top three with the highest lithium concentration in the region, behind Salar de Atacama in Chile. They are also among the top three with the lowest impurities.
Argentina's vast lithium resources are critical to meeting surging global demand primarily for electric vehicles and large-scale energy storage systems. With this, Argentina is positioned to be a key supplier of high-quality, cost-effective lithium. * Lithium Argentina's lithium carbonate production expectations on a 100% basis
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