India-Argentina Lithium Partnership | 21 Feb 2025
India and Argentina signed an MoU for lithium exploration and investment opportunities in Argentina.
- Argentina is known for its vast lithium reserves and is part of the 'Lithium Triangle' along with Bolivia and Chile.
- About Lithium: It is a soft, silvery-white alkali metal and is also known as white gold.
- It is the lightest metal and solid element, and classified as both an alkali and a rare metal.
- It is mined from ores of petalite, lepidolite, spodumene and also subsurface brines.
- It is highly reactive and flammable and must be stored in mineral oil.
- It is an essential mineral required for electric vehicle batteries and renewable energy storage.
- Chile (1st), China (2nd) and Australia (3rd) have the largest reserves of lithium.
- In India, Salal-Haimna areas (Reasi district of J&K), Koderma and Giridih (Jharkhand), and Mandya (Karnataka) have lithium reserves.
- It is the lightest metal and solid element, and classified as both an alkali and a rare metal.
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