UYUNI, Bolivia--Under the honeycombed crust of the salt flats of Uyuni, Bolivia, lies roughly half of the world's lithium. Lithium-Ion (LiIon) batteries are the reason that the world's more than 2 billion cell phones are light and pocket-sized. In recent years, this scarce element has won [RETURN TO ARTICLE]
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Salt of the Earth
Bolivia extracts its lithium, environment be damned.
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