Opinions expressed in Wilson Center publications and events are those of the authors and speakers and do not represent the views of the Wilson Center. [...] Drawing on the Wilson Center’s strength as the nation’s key nonpartisan policy forum, the Program serves as a trusted source of analysis and a vital point of contact between the worlds of scholarship and action. [...] Chile’s lithium The future of Chile’s lithium industry will output has increased in recent years and become clearer as the government clari- both SQM and Albemarle’s projects are fies the role of the private sector under the expanding. [...] Yet Chilean output is expected to lag that In Bolivia, the Uyuni salt flat, located in the of other producing nations in coming Potosí Department, is thought to contain years, mainly due to lack of new invest- the largest lithium resources in the world. [...] That list does not include Argentina, the main lithium supplier to the United States.7 This report, the second in a series, will ad- dress these and other issues relevant to Latin America’s lithium industry and its role in regional economic development and for driving the global energy transition.
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