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LITIO The National Mining Company's interest in strengthening the development of the lithium industry in the country through the use of pioneering and sustainable technologies is addressed in its director's opinion column Francisco Orrego Bauzá LATERCERA SL today at ?? Pasen and read on link ?? https://lnkd.in/dtapF8x
This is the translated article.
If there is something that the pandemic is making clear to us, it is that we are experiencing a change without turning back. The indispensable use of mobile devices or computers to work, shop, do paperwork or just have fun, has transformed our daily lives. And in this scenario, lithium emerges as one of the main protagonists of an increasingly present future today. Above all, when its demand could triple in six years driven by electromobility, a key strategy to cushion the effects of climate change.
Much has been discussed and written regarding Chile's comparative advantages for the extraction and commercialization of lithium. This is how the unprecedented National Mining Policy 2050, which the Ministry of Mining is promoting, is taking over the opportunities generated by this mineral, which we cannot continue to postpone. Increasing its production to about 230 thousand tons per year, starting in 2025, necessarily involves incorporating the State, in association with private companies, in its production chain.
The public bidding process announced a few weeks ago by ENAMI is moving in that direction, since with the hydrogeological prospecting in its mining properties of the Infieles and Aguilar salt flats, in the Atacama region, it will be able to count on more accurate and reliable information to establish its potential. of lithium resources.
That ENAMI develop a business strategy around lithium and that, officially, it is already in the race to explore the business is logical. The state company has the legal power to promote the exploitation and commercialization of all types of minerals on behalf of the State, including under public / private schemes; Furthermore, it has an organizational and business structure for mining development on the scale required by the market, distributed throughout the country in areas of mining interest.
The interest shown in recent months by the company in an open and transparent manner, to promote the development of the lithium industry in Chile, reflects that its current administration, along with focusing on addressing the short-term challenges generated by the current health crisis and economic, it is also focused on promoting a long-term view of its strategic plan, including the exploration and exploitation of this resource with a sustainable perspective.
With its strategic decision to strengthen its natural conditions to participate in the demand for lithium, ENAMI has decided that promoting non-metallic mining is a valuable opportunity to establish itself as a relevant player in the national market. This is because, together with moving towards the diversification of its productive portfolio, lithium mining offers a positive scenario for the configuration of regional productive chains, generating a significant contribution to the progress of local economies. And why not say it too, of the Chilean economy by favoring the deepening of our country's leadership in world mining.
The author is ex-undersecretary of Mining and director of ENAMI
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