Ngomhla we-16 kaDisemba, i-POSCO yazisa ukuba iya kutyala i-US $ 830 yezigidi ukwakha isityalo se-lithium hydroxide e-Argentina ukuveliswa kwezinto zebhetri kwizithuthi zombane.Kuxelwa ukuba isityalo siya kuqalisa ukwakhiwa kwisiqingatha sokuqala se-2022, kwaye siya kugqitywa kwaye sifakwe kwimveliso kwisiqingatha sokuqala se-2024. Emva kokugqitywa, inokuvelisa iitoni ezingama-25,000 ze-lithium hydroxide ngonyaka, ezinokuhlangabezana nemveliso yonyaka. imfuno ye-600,000 yezithuthi zombane.
Ukongezelela, ibhodi yabalawuli be-POSCO ivume i-10 kaDisemba isicwangciso sokwakha isityalo se-lithium hydroxide usebenzisa izinto ezigcinwe echibini letyuwa laseHombre Muerto eArgentina.I-Lithium hydroxide yeyona nto iphambili yokwenza iicathodes zebhetri.Xa kuthelekiswa neebhetri ze-lithium carbonate, iibhetri ze-lithium hydroxide zinobomi obude benkonzo.Ekuphenduleni imfuno ekhulayo ye-lithium kwimarike, kwi-2018, i-POSCO ifumene amalungelo okumba i-Hombre Muerto ityuwa yetyuwa evela kwi-Galaxy Resources yase-Australia kwi-US $ 280 yezigidi.Kwi-2020, i-POSCO iqinisekisile ukuba i-echibi iqulethe i-13.5 yezigidi zeetoni ze-lithium, kwaye ngokukhawuleza yakha kwaye yasebenza isityalo esincinci sokubonisa ngasechibini.
I-POSCO yathi inokuthi ikhulise ngakumbi iplanti ye-lithium hydroxide yaseArgentina emva kokuba iprojekthi igqityiwe kwaye ifakwe ekusebenzeni, ukwenzela ukuba umthamo wemveliso wonyaka wesityalo uya kwandiswa ngezinye iitoni ezingama-250.000.