Bolivia's 2024 lithium deals face parliamentary delays over transparency, environmental, and economic concerns.

The Bolivian mining city of Potosí is the only place in the world where members of the public can legally buy dynamite. “For the miners, the most essential thing is dynamite,” says Jhonny ...

Dried salt collects around the edges of the pools ... “They’ll need vast quantities, more than any other mine in Bolivia.” And finally, there’s the still mostly unspoiled surface of ...

mining companies are moving to the salt flats of the Andes, where over half of the world's known lithium reserves are stored. In June 2023, Bolivia signed deals with Chinese and Russian companies ...

But extracting the coveted salt means descending into dark caves, then blasting and carrying heavy rock. Faizan Panjwani: The problem is the massive size of the blocks that come from the mine.

A trove of lithium-rich brine exists underground in Bolivia. Researchers conducted ... However, research has shown that long-term mining of lithium brines in other salt pans, such as the Salar ...