Bolivia picks Chinese consortium for $2.3b lithium projects

Bolivia picks Chinese consortium for $2.3b lithium projects

Lithium mine. Photo: Reuters

Bolivia has chosen a Chinese consortium to be its strategic partner on new $2.3 billion lithium projects, the government said on Wednesday, giving China a potential foothold in the country’s huge untapped reserves of the prized electric battery metal.

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