2023-04-22 04:52:35
“Lithium is very common throughout the Earth. What matters is the refining capacity”, was Elon Musk’s response to a publication that referred to the national lithium plan.
The millionaire businessman and owner of the Tesla company, Elon Musk briefly referred to Chile’s national plan for lithium, indicating that it is very common on the planet and that the important thing is its refining.
Tesla used his Twitter account to respond to a publication by the financial services company Unusual Whales, which commented in its account on this platform that “Chile will nationalize the country’s lithium industry, the world’s second largest producer of the essential metal in batteries. of electric vehicles, to boost their economy and protect their environment.
“Lithium is very common throughout the Earth. What matters is the refining capacity”was the response of the owner of Twitter.
Lithium ore is very common throughout Earth. What matters is refining capacity.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 21, 2023
This is in reference to President Gabriel Boric’s announcement on Thursday regarding the national strategy for lithium, which among other measures, it contemplates the creation of a state company that will participate in the exploration, exploitation and production of lithium products.
Tesla’s interest in Chile
Musk, as the owner of Tesla, a company dedicated to the construction of electric transportation, has a particular interest in buying lithium, a mineral used for this type of machine.
Even last March Tesla executives have already held hearings with the Government through the Foreign Ministry, Corfo and the Ministry of Mining, to whom they raised the above.
In the appointment with Corfo, for example, they indicated their interest in knowing how Albemarle operates in Chile, since they would not rule out a mutual collaboration with that mining company.
On that occasion, La Tercera revealed that all the appointments were reflected in the Lobby Law platform.
In December 2022, something that was confirmed a few days ago began to spread: that Elon Musk would announce the establishment of an electric vehicle assembly plant in Mexico.
According to some media, the businessman was interested in it being a place with lithium reserves.
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