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Sustainable Prevention of Resource Conflicts
Risky Raw Materials for the Future? Case study and scenarios: Lithium in Bolivia
(Report 3.3)In Bolivia's western highlands, at an altitude of some 3,600 metres, lie the largest identified reserves of lithium in the world. According to the latest estimates by the United States Geological Survey (USGS), beneath the 10,000 square kilometres of what are the world's most extensive salt flats, the Salar de Uyuni, there are some 6 to 9 million tonnes of lithium (Roskill 2008 nach Angerer, Marsc…weiterlesen