{"id":14945,"date":"2024-06-25T13:37:50","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T11:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/25\/battle-lines-redrawn-as-argentinas-lithium-mines-ramp-up-to-meet-electric-car-demand\/"},"modified":"2024-06-25T13:37:50","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T11:37:50","slug":"battle-lines-redrawn-as-argentinas-lithium-mines-ramp-up-to-meet-electric-car-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/25\/battle-lines-redrawn-as-argentinas-lithium-mines-ramp-up-to-meet-electric-car-demand\/","title":{"rendered":"Battle lines redrawn as Argentina\u2019s lithium mines ramp up to meet electric car demand"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mining companies accused of colonial \u2018divide and rule\u2019 tactics in their pursuit of the precious metal that lies under the country\u2019s salt flats<\/p>\n

\u2022 Harriet Barber in the Salinas Grandes, Argentina. Photographs by John Owens<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

In the vast white desert of the Salinas Grandes, Antonio Calpanchay, 45, lifts his axe and slices the ground. He has worked this land since he was 12, chopping and collecting salt, replenishing it for the seasons ahead and teaching his children to do the same.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll of our aboriginal community works here, even the elders,\u201d he says, sheltering his weathered face from the sun. \u201cWe always have. It is our livelihood.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nMining companies accused of colonial \u2018divide and rule\u2019 tactics in their pursuit of the precious metal that lies under the country\u2019s salt flats
\n\u2022 Harriet Barber in the Salinas Grandes, Argentina. Photographs by John Owens<\/p>\n

In the vast white desert of the Salinas Grandes, Antonio Calpanchay, 45, lifts his axe and slices the ground. He has worked this land since he was 12, chopping and collecting salt, replenishing it for the seasons ahead and teaching his children to do the same.
\n\u201cAll of our aboriginal community works here, even the elders,\u201d he says, sheltering his weathered face from the sun. \u201cWe always have. It is our livelihood.\u201d Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mining companies accused of colonial \u2018divide and rule\u2019 tactics in their pursuit of the precious metal that lies under the country\u2019s salt flats \u2022 Harriet Barber in the Salinas Grandes, Argentina. Photographs by John Owens In the vast white desert of the Salinas Grandes, Antonio Calpanchay, 45, lifts his axe and slices the ground. He …<\/p>\n

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