Bolivia has the largest Natural Lithium Reserve in the world - Look out Bolivia the US may decide to 'Liberate' you from that evil Lithium
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1727936620090217
Uyuni salt lake, which holds the world's largest reserve of lithium, about 500 km (311 miles), south of La Paz, November 28, 2010.
Feb 17 (Reuters) - French conglomerate Bollore plans to submit a plan to develop Bolivia's Lake Uyuni lithium deposit, one of the world's largest, a spokesman for leftist Bolivian President Evo Morales said on Tuesday.
Several international groups, including Bollore (BOLL.PA), South Korea's LG Group and Japan's Mitsubishi and Sumitomo are in a race to tap Uyuni's lithium riches.
Bolivia says the winner will be the company that presents a viable plan to develop a full-fledged lithium industry in the landlocked South American country, going far beyond building a plant.
"We've agreed that the company will make a proposal to the Bolivian government regarding research, (lithium) production and even the manufacturing of cars in our country," presidential spokesman Ivan Canelas told the state-run television network in a phone interview from France.
Canelas, accompanying leftist Morales since Saturday in a trip to Russia and France, said the government would only allow foreign firms to extract lithium from Uyuni if they agree to set up a lithium industry to produce batteries "and even cars" in the impoverished South American country.
The U.S. Geological Survey estimates half of the world's lithium reserves are in Bolivia and the largest deposit in the country is at Uyuni, the world's biggest salt lake.
Last year, Morales laid the cornerstone of a $6 million pilot plant at Uyuni, a tourist hotspot high in the Andes at some 12,100 feet (3,700 meters) above sea level, and the government hopes it will lead to construction of a $250 million lithium facility.
Rechargeable lithium batteries are used to power laptops, hybrid vehicles and cell phones, and demand is seen rocketing if car makers develop electric cars on a major scale.
Bollore has developed a lithium battery that can power an electric car at a speed of up to 125 km/hr with a range of 250 kilometers, and it has a joint venture with Italian car-maker Pininfarina for the production of electric cars.
In France Morales was given the opportunity to drive Bollore's Bluecar, a bubble-shaped prototype fitted with the company's lithium battery, Canelas said.
Since taking office three years ago, Morales increased state participation in energy and mining and has raised taxes on foreign companies to increase state revenue from the country's natural resources.
Stretched between distant Andean peaks like a shimmering white carpet, Uyuni is the world's biggest salt lake and home to pink flamingos, 1,000-year-old cacti, rare hummingbirds and hotels built entirely from blocks of salt.
The government has said the extraction of lithium from Uyuni should have only minimal environmental impact.
Uyuni salt lake, which holds the world's largest reserve of lithium, about 500 km (311 miles), south of La Paz, November 28, 2010.
Feb 17 (Reuters) - French conglomerate Bollore plans to submit a plan to develop Bolivia's Lake Uyuni lithium deposit, one of the world's largest, a spokesman for leftist Bolivian President Evo Morales said on Tuesday.
Several international groups, including Bollore (BOLL.PA), South Korea's LG Group and Japan's Mitsubishi and Sumitomo are in a race to tap Uyuni's lithium riches.
Bolivia says the winner will be the company that presents a viable plan to develop a full-fledged lithium industry in the landlocked South American country, going far beyond building a plant.
"We've agreed that the company will make a proposal to the Bolivian government regarding research, (lithium) production and even the manufacturing of cars in our country," presidential spokesman Ivan Canelas told the state-run television network in a phone interview from France.
Canelas, accompanying leftist Morales since Saturday in a trip to Russia and France, said the government would only allow foreign firms to extract lithium from Uyuni if they agree to set up a lithium industry to produce batteries "and even cars" in the impoverished South American country.
The U.S. Geological Survey estimates half of the world's lithium reserves are in Bolivia and the largest deposit in the country is at Uyuni, the world's biggest salt lake.
Last year, Morales laid the cornerstone of a $6 million pilot plant at Uyuni, a tourist hotspot high in the Andes at some 12,100 feet (3,700 meters) above sea level, and the government hopes it will lead to construction of a $250 million lithium facility.
Rechargeable lithium batteries are used to power laptops, hybrid vehicles and cell phones, and demand is seen rocketing if car makers develop electric cars on a major scale.
Bollore has developed a lithium battery that can power an electric car at a speed of up to 125 km/hr with a range of 250 kilometers, and it has a joint venture with Italian car-maker Pininfarina for the production of electric cars.
In France Morales was given the opportunity to drive Bollore's Bluecar, a bubble-shaped prototype fitted with the company's lithium battery, Canelas said.
Since taking office three years ago, Morales increased state participation in energy and mining and has raised taxes on foreign companies to increase state revenue from the country's natural resources.
Stretched between distant Andean peaks like a shimmering white carpet, Uyuni is the world's biggest salt lake and home to pink flamingos, 1,000-year-old cacti, rare hummingbirds and hotels built entirely from blocks of salt.
The government has said the extraction of lithium from Uyuni should have only minimal environmental impact.
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Permalink Reply by truth on
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Thought Afganistan was number one. Liberate lol, like liberating their arms from their bodies. war is hell.
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Permalink Reply by Localtarian on
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hahaha yeah I thought Afghanistan was too, but apparently Bolivia has em beat. I also wonder when these countries are going to keep their resource discoveries on the down low. Have they not learned that boasting/reporting on your country's resources discovery is exactly what causes the US empire to get a hard on over the idea of invading your country for your resources? Oh well Bolivia, shoulda woulda coulda.
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haha, yeah I was just thinking about it the other, and I think if I remember correctly there is still a CIA asset down in Bolivia according to John Perkin's Confessions of an Economic Hit man book. A failed coup basically, so he could be the south American osama/sadam. We'll see here, this could get very interesting.
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Yep I know about Perkins work. Last years Christmas gifts from me to my parents were his books and a few others. Believe it or not, old Dad couldnt put the books down. Excellent pic NAU btw, hope you add it to the pic section on the site if you havent already.
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Nice I gave my dad John Perkins books about a week ago and he also can't put them down. My dad was one of the hardest people to 'wake' and get him to realize hoe crooked and corrupt the global financial system is, but after reading confessions he now believes it. I think Perkin's books are some of the best ones to 'wake' people up and realize what's going on, and they pretty much can't deny it because he experienced it all first hand himself.
James adap2k said:Yep I know about Perkins work. Last years Christmas gifts from me to my parents were his books and a few others. Believe it or not, old Dad couldnt put the books down. Excellent pic NAU btw, hope you add it to the pic section on the site if you havent already.
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Permalink Reply by Central Scrutinizer on
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too late..US been down there years ago "liberating" the coca plant already ;)
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