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Who is going to become the “Saudi Arabia of Lithium”
Dec. 01, 2010 02:00PM PST
Battery Metals InvestingMineweb.com reports that the demand for the metal set is to grow as car makers increasingly look to lithium as a fuel solution, so Chile, Bolivia and Afghanistan are emerging as the giants of lithium resources.
Mineweb.com reports that the demand for the metal set is to grow as car makers increasingly look to lithium as a fuel solution, so Chile, Bolivia and Afghanistan are emerging as the giants of lithium resources.
The editorial is quoted as saying:
Two countries, Bolivia and Afghanistan, both with exigent political circumstances, appear to be vying for the title “Saudi Arabia of Lithium”. Afghanistan has been involved in seemingly endless wars, first with Russia in the late seventies and now the US and Britain. In 2001, the US military’s Operation Enduring Freedom was launched, along with the British military, in response to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the US.
