Think BRICS - Interview With Bolivian Journalist Oliver Vargas
He says that the Russian/Chinese Lithium production investment is aimed at establishing local manufacturing capability. See Bolivian Government Signed off on a Deal With Hong Kong CBC To Build 2 Lithium Processing Plants in Uyuni. The problem is that there soes not seem to be a way to refine the lithium salts in Bolivia because of the amount of water the process will require. This is a problem for other communities involved in extractive industries on the Desaguadero, Mapiri and Beni rivers: see Documentary - Bolivia: los huérfanos del lago Poopó and Documentary - Dicing with Death: Bolivia, The Yungas in The Clouds. It needs some much more joined-up thinking. See Nuestra Papa: Concocer para Querer.
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