Expectations and Challenges of Lithium Industrialization in Bolivia (2006-2019)
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https://doi.org/10.46661/americania.4605Keywords:
Lithium, Lithium Carbonate , Lithium Hidroxide , Electric Car, Batteries , Bolivia, Evo MoralesAbstract
Lithium has been considered as white gold in the financial spheres of the last decade. Bolivia has emerged in the context of producing countries with a million-dollar project for the exploitation of its brine reserves under state control. This article reviews the recent history of lithium's role in Bolivia. It accentuates the current stage of state industrialization by raising doubts about the viability of State exploitation in Bolivia, suggesting that issues like the development of labor productivity by competitors, together with issues of environmental unsustainability, can destroy governmental expectations.
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