Energy & Commodities · Argentina
—The search. China’s Ganfeng and its Swiss-based partner Lithium Argentina are looking for a third investor to help fund their PPG lithium project in northern Argentina.
—The scale. The project carries more than three billion dollars in planned spending and would eventually produce one hundred and fifty thousand tonnes of lithium a year.
—The timing. Lithium Argentina’s president, Ignacio Celorrio, told Reuters a partner should be chosen in the coming months, but would not name the candidates.
—The asset. PPG sits in Salta province and ranks among the largest untapped lithium-brine deposits anywhere in the world.
