First lithium battery plant in Argentina to open in
State company Y-TEC, the tech arm of YPF, will open the first
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In the case of lithium, Y-TEC signed a contract with American company Livent, which extracts the mineral in Catamarca and, for the first time, sold part of its production in Argentina. According to Salvarezza, for industrialization to grow in scale, part of the production ought to be sold on the local market.
A worker at a lithium plant in the Salinas Grandes salt flat in northern Argentina. The country's lithium production is rising, and a new battery plant will be one of the first facilities to process the metal domestically, with hopes of adding value to its industry. (Image: Mariano Garcia / Alamy)
Other Noteworthy Projects: Projects like Cauchari-Olaroz (Lithium Argentina AG and Ganfeng Lithium, already in production) and Centenario-Ratones (Eramet, in production) continue to bolster Argentina's output.
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