Río Tinto invests $638 million in the Sal de Vida project in Catamarca

The Sal de Vida project will initially produce 15,000 tons of lithium carbonate equivalent, sufficient to produce batteries for some 400 electric vehicles. Catamarca province is consolidated as a strategic destination for international investment in lithium mining thanks to the presentation of the Sal de Vida project by Rio Tinto Lithium to the Regime of Incentives to Large Investments (RIGI). Governor Raúl Jalil celebrated the investment of 638…