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Santiago. The value of Chilean exports of lithium carbonate, a key component of the electric car battery sector, rose 42.7 percent between January and October, due to strong international demand for this ore, the bank said on Wednesday. . Central.
Ore shipments, a company run by the local company SQM and the American company Albemarle, totaled 805 million US dollars during the first ten months of the year.
In the tenth month of the year, exports rose 17.6% to $ 80 million, up from 40.3% in September.
Lithium companies around the world are seeking to secure supply against the rising value of ore, with demand increasing by 20% this year and the following year.
The exploitation of this industry is located in the salty plains of the northern Andean country, in part of the "lithium triangle", an area located within the borders of Argentina, Bolivia and Chile which concentrates a large part of the world's mineral reserves.
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