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Chilean President Gabriel Boric, seeking to expand the country's long-stalled lithium industry, has tasked state-owned Codelco, the world's largest copper producer, to lead the charge of developing the white metal needed for electric vehicle batteries. Chile is already the world's No. 2 producer of lithium after Australia. The country sits on top of the world's largest known deposits of lithium and Boric's announcement in April gave Codelco responsibility for negotiati...

Chilean President Gabriel Boric, seeking to expand the country's long-stalled lithium industry, has tasked state-owned Codelco, the world's largest copper producer, to lead the charge of developing the white metal needed for electric vehicle batteries. Chile is already the world's No. 2 producer of lithium after Australia.

By Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chilean President Gabriel Boric, seeking to expand the country's long-stalled lithium industry, has tasked stat...

Lithium, evaporated from brine ponds in Chiles high-altitude salt flats, is coveted by Tesla, BMW and every other global car maker. It is also sought by governments from Berlin to Beijing, that need it to power the shift to renewable energy.