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Codelco to select partner to exploit lithium in 2016

Codelco seleccionará socio para explotar litio en 2016

Intel ID : 241065
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Codelco (BCS:CODELCO), a Chile-based state-owned copper mining company, announced it will select a partner to evaluate and develop lithium exploitation projects before , reported La Tercera on 28 September 2016, citing Codelco CEO Nelson Pizarro.

Specifically, Pizarro noted that, before the end of 2016, Codelco expects to receive non-binding bids and have begun the selection process of the future strategic partner to develop projects of lithium exploitation, so the company would be able to present a plan before the board in March or April 2017 and materialize the project in June 2017.

Codelco has been studying the possibility of entering the lithium market in alliance with a strategic partner since August 2016 (see related intel).
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Codelco (BCS:CODELCO), minera estatal chilena de cobre, ha anunciado que antes de 2017 seleccionarán un socio que les permita evaluar y desarrollar proyectos de explotación de litio, según ha informado La Tercera el 28 de septiembre de 2016, citando al presidente ejecutivo de Codelco, Nelson Pizarro.

En concreto, Pizarro ha señalado que, antes de finalizar 2016, Codelco espera recibir ofertas no vinculantes y haber iniciado el proceso de selección del eventual socio estratégico para desarrollar proyectos de explotación de litio, con lo que la empresa estaría en condiciones de presentar un plan al directorio en marzo o abril de 2017, y materializaría el proyecto en junio de 2017.

Codelco estudia la posibilidad de llegar al mercado de litio de la mano de un socio estratégico desde agosto de 2016 (ver Intel relacionado).

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