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[Dr_Vonschellan]

Russia's_Rosatom Uranium One_still plugging_away on_lithium in_Bolivia
update follows: https://eldeber.com.bo/te-puede-interesar/las-soluciones-de-uranium-one-group-para-la-industrializacion-del-litio-en-bolivia_319110
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ROSATOM has more than 80 years of experience in the refining and extraction of "white gold". Today, the company is building a complete technological chain in Russia, from lithium extraction to batteries and electric cars.

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Uranium One Group solutions for the industrialization of lithium in Bolivia
The advantage of Uranium One's technology is the use of a "sorbent" that allows selective extraction of lithium from brine.
March 26, 2023, 8:00 AM

"The time for the industrialization of lithium is today," the president of Yacimientos de Litio Bolivianos (YLB), Carlos Ramos, has pointed out on repeated occasions. Bolivia seeks to take advantage of the favorable international context for this resource, which is key in the global energy transition.

To do this, YLB launched in April 2021 an international call for companies that want to associate and develop the vast reserves of 'white gold' that this country has, following the guidelines of the Bolivian sovereign model.

One of these companies is Uranium One Group (U1G), a subsidiary of the Russian state corporation Rosatom, in charge of carrying out uranium and basic and rare metal extraction projects outside of Russia. Uranium One Group participated in the international call, presenting proposals for the direct extraction of lithium (EDL) from brines in the Uyuni, Coipasa and Pastos Grandes salt flats.

During the technical phase of the evaluation, the participating companies obtained brine samples from each of the Bolivian salt flats. They carried out pilot tests and presented technical reports.

During this phase, from February to May 2022, Uranium One Group tested 12 tons of brine using Russian sorption technology for lithium extraction. The results were successful: highly competitive and efficient, with a recovery rate of over 95%.

The advantage of Uranium One's technology is the use of a "sorbent" that allows selective extraction of lithium from brine. This supposes an advantage in some key parameters on the results of other participants.

Thus, the Uranium One Group technology makes it possible to create a production facility with good economic results and, at the same time, with minimal impact on the environment.

The Russian company has installed a mobile unit at the YLB Materials and Resources Research Center to demonstrate how the principle of direct sorption extraction works and the rapid production of lithium concentrate from hydro-mineral raw materials.

In addition, Uranium One Group plans to hire local staff for the project and will offer training places in Russian universities to Bolivian students who will participate in the future development of the project.

Cooperation with Bolivia

ROSATOM has more than 80 years of experience in the refining and extraction of "white gold". Today, the company is building a complete technological chain in Russia, from lithium extraction to batteries and electric cars.

Uranium One seeks to transfer this experience to Bolivia so that the country can not only extract lithium, but also develop high-tech products that can be sold in other countries.

It should be noted that Rosatom has been present in Bolivia since 2017, when construction began on the Nuclear Research and Technology Center (CNRT) in El Alto, commissioned by the Bolivian Atomic Energy Agency (ABEN).

The CNRT is the most important high-tech project in Bolivia, which includes a Preclinical Cyclotron Radio-pharmacological Complex (PCRC), unique in Latin America, for the production of radio-pharmaceuticals for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, and the first reactor for country's research facility, which allows for various scientific investigations and the production of radioisotopes. The project also includes a complex of laboratories and a multipurpose irradiation center (MRC) where agricultural products are processed to improve their food safety and medical products are sterilized.

At the beginning of March of this year, the PCRC began supplying fluorodeoxyglucose radiopharmaceuticals to the Bolivian network of nuclear medicine and radiotherapy centers. The president of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Luis Alberto Arce Catacora, attended the ceremony.

The CNRT will provide the Bolivian health system with its own production of a whole line of radio-pharmaceuticals for clinical trials involving more than 5,000 patients per year. In this way, Bolivian citizens will be able to receive timely and high-quality medical examinations with advanced nuclear medicine products, without having to travel abroad. In the future, the operation of the complex will make it possible to completely replace imports of radio-pharmaceuticals for the Bolivian network of nuclear medicine centers.

In this way, Rosatom has already established itself in Bolivia, as well as in other countries, as a socially responsible corporation that prioritizes the needs of the local population in its projects.