TY - JOUR
T1 - A socio-technical transition of sustainable lithium industry in Latin America
AU - Quinteros-Condoretty, America Rocio
AU - Albareda Vivó, L.
AU - Barbiellini, Bernardo
AU - Soyer, Ayberk
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) Peer-review under responsibility of the scientific committee of the FAIM 2021.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - To support a sustainable mobility transition and zero-carbon economy globally, important efforts are currently being made towards the use of sustainable transport, such as electric vehicles. In this context, the role of lithium is crucial for the manufacturing of electric vehicles powered by lithium-ion batteries. However, more than half of the global lithium reserves are located in the three Latin American countries comprising the so-called Lithium Triangle - namely, Argentina, Bolivia and Chile. Each of these countries has a different national lithium regime and national policy to support the lithium industry in the processing and export of this natural resource. This paper analyses the potential of socio-technical transition theory for building a sustainable global lithium industry, with emphasis on Argentina, Bolivia and Chile. We adopt a multilevel perspective to explore the major mining policies and national lithium arrangements, industry challenges and future scenarios among major industry and public actors in these countries.
AB - To support a sustainable mobility transition and zero-carbon economy globally, important efforts are currently being made towards the use of sustainable transport, such as electric vehicles. In this context, the role of lithium is crucial for the manufacturing of electric vehicles powered by lithium-ion batteries. However, more than half of the global lithium reserves are located in the three Latin American countries comprising the so-called Lithium Triangle - namely, Argentina, Bolivia and Chile. Each of these countries has a different national lithium regime and national policy to support the lithium industry in the processing and export of this natural resource. This paper analyses the potential of socio-technical transition theory for building a sustainable global lithium industry, with emphasis on Argentina, Bolivia and Chile. We adopt a multilevel perspective to explore the major mining policies and national lithium arrangements, industry challenges and future scenarios among major industry and public actors in these countries.
KW - Latin America
KW - Lithium
KW - Socio-technical transition theory
KW - Sustainability
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85099819384&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.promfg.2020.10.242
DO - 10.1016/j.promfg.2020.10.242
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85099819384
SN - 2351-9789
VL - 51
SP - 1737
EP - 1747
JO - Procedia Manufacturing
JF - Procedia Manufacturing
T2 - 30th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing, FAIM 2021
Y2 - 15 June 2021 through 18 June 2021
ER -
