Lithium Triangle
The Lithium Triangle (Spanish: Triángulo del Litio) is a region of the Andes rich in lithium reserves around the borders of Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile.[1] The lithium in the triangle is concentrated in various salt pans that exist along the Atacama Desert and neighboring arid areas, the largest ones including Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia, Salar de Atacama in Chile and Salar del Hombre Muerto in Argentina.
Map of the Lithium Triangle within the Arid Diagonal of South America.
The area is thought to hold around 54% of the world's lithium reserves.[2]
Recently, the Bolivian Government has been advocating that the countries in the region organize themselves so that they can interfere in the international trade in lithium, including the creation of an organization similar to OPEC.[3]
References
- Anlauf, Axel (2016). "Greening the imperial mode of living? Socio- ecological (in)justice, electromobility, and lithium mining in Argentina". In Pichler, Melanie; Staritz, Cornelia; Küblböck, Karin; Plank, Christina; Raza, Werner; Ruiz Peyré, Fernando (eds.). Fairness and Justice in Natural Resource Politics.
- Ellsworth Dickson (2017). "South America's prospective - The Lithium Triangle". Resource World. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
- "Hacia una Organización Latinoamericana de Países Exportadores de Litio (OLPEL)". CELAG (in Spanish). 23 May 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
Bibliography
- Dube, Ryan (10 August 2022). "The Place With the Most Lithium Is Blowing the Electric-Car Revolution" [El sitio con más litio está perdiéndose la revolución de los carros eléctricos]. The Wall Street Journal. CCLXXX (35). ISSN 1042-9840. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
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