ECLAC will present a special report on the opportunities and challenges that lithium offers for Latin America and the Caribbean

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) will present next Thursday, July 6, a new special report entitled Extraction and industrialization of lithium. Opportunities and challenges for Latin America and the Caribbeanin which he examines the role of lithium-producing countries in the region (mainly Argentina, Bolivia and Chile) in the global value chain of lithium-ion batteries (main current use of lithium), as well as the regimes of governance, regulatory and fiscal that determine the operation of mineral exploitation in the countries of the so-called lithium triangle.

The presentation of the report will take place through a hybrid press conference (face-to-face and virtual) offered by José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of ECLAC, at the organization’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile, at 11:00 am local ( UTC/GMT -4:00).

The report includes public policy guidelines that can contribute to a productive development agenda around lithium, as well as the industrialization of this and other minerals in clean technologies for the energy transition and electromobility. The details of these recommendations, as well as the main indicators related to the economic activity around this mineral, will be released by the Executive Secretary of ECLAC at the press conference.

The media are invited to attend this press conference at ECLAC Headquarters in Santiago, Chile (Av. Dag Hammarsköld 3477, Vitacura, Santiago, Celso Furtado Room). Journalists must carry their media credential or their identity credential to gain access to the venue and register in advance by emailing [email protected].

The press conference will also be broadcast live via Zoom at the following link:

https://cepal-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2ZKrsc06QCC15Wa-N_VIWg

In addition, the conference will be broadcast online for all audiences via the Internet through the institution’s website, at https://live.cepal.org/litio and on their social networks on Twitter (@cepal_onu) and Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/cepal.onu).

Journalists who participate online will be able to send their questions in advance to the email [email protected], which will be answered by the ECLAC Executive Secretary live during the press conference. Questions will only be accepted until 11:30 am local time on Thursday, July 6.

The full electronic version of the new ECLAC special report, together with a press release and the presentation by Executive Secretary José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, will be available on the ECLAC website on thursday july 6as soon as the press conference ends.

That: Launch of ECLAC special report: Extraction and industrialization of lithium. Opportunities and challenges for Latin America and the Caribbean.

Who: José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of ECLAC.

When: Thursday, July 6, 2023, 11:00 am in Chile (GMT -04:00 hours).

Where: ECLAC’s main headquarters in Santiago, Chile (Av. Dag Hammarsköld 3477, Vitacura, Celso Furtado Room).

Virtual connection through the Zoom platform (previous registration required): https://cepal-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2ZKrsc06QCC15Wa-N_VIWg

Also through the ECLAC website and in https://live.cepal.org/litio.

For inquiries and to arrange interviews, contact ECLAC’s Public Information Unit in Santiago, Chile.

Email: [email protected]; phone: +562 2210 2040.