On the 6th (local time), participants pose for a commemorative photo at the completion ceremony for the upstream process of Posco Argentina’s second brine lithium plant. From left: Bang Seok-joo, Head of Plant Business Division at POSCO E&C; Flavia Royón, Chair of the Mining, Energy and Fuel Committee of the Argentine Senate; Fernanda Ávila, Chair of the Mining Committee of the Chamber of Deputies; Kim Ki-soo, Head of Future Technology Research Institute at POSCO Holdings; Lee Jong-hwa, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Argentina; Karina Milei, Chief of Staff to the President; Jang In-hwa, Chairman of POSCO Group; Diego Santilli, Federal Chief of Cabinet; Gustavo Sáenz, Governor of Salta Province; Raúl Jalil, Governor of Catamarca Province; Park Hyun, President of POSCO Argentina; and Sergio Lew, Chief of Industry at IDB Invest. (Provided by POSCO Holdings)
POSCO Holdings held a completion ceremony on the 6th (local time) for the upstream process of its second brine lithium plant near the Hombre Muerto Salt Lake in Argentina. Hombre Muerto is a salt lake for which POSCO Holdings acquired lithium mining rights in 2018, and at this site the company will produce lithium carbonate, used as a raw material for lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries, at an annual scale of 23,000 tons. When combined with the 25,000-ton production capacity of the first plant already in operation, POSCO Holdings will be able to produce up to 48,000 tons of lithium carbonate per year at this location.
POSCO Holdings plans to proceed with investment in the third and fourth plants once the second plant is operating stably.
Lee Won-joo
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