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🗓️ 27 November 2024
⏱️ 8 minutes
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From the BBC World Service: The Arctic island of Greenland is hoping its new international airport will attract more visitors, and boost its fishing industry. Plus, Bolivia signs a $1 billion deal with a Chinese consortium to extract lithium from its salt flats.
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0:49.5 | Live from the UK, this is the Marketplace Morning Report from the BBC World Service. I'm Gideon Long, |
0:54.8 | in for Leanna Byrne. Good morning. Bolivia has signed a massive billion-dollar contract with the |
0:59.6 | Chinese to extract lithium from the country's salt flats. Lithium, or white gold, is a key |
1:04.8 | component in rechargeable batteries, used in everything from laptops to electric vehicles. The |
1:09.8 | Bolivian president, Luis Arce, |
1:11.4 | says the deal will improve the lives of ordinary Bolivians. The BBC's Katie Silver has been |
1:15.8 | looking at this. Hi, Katie. Hi there. So China already produces a lot of lithium itself. Why does |
1:21.7 | it need lithium from Bolivia? As you say, it is a world leader when it comes to the amount of lithium |
1:27.0 | it produces, but it needs more. |
1:29.0 | With Bolivia, China can achieve something like a form of supply chain control. |
1:33.3 | It's a new player in the market. |
1:35.2 | The government is open to the investment. |
1:36.9 | It's keen for it. |
1:38.2 | And in that sense, it can get a completely different supply to that which it already has at home. |
1:42.6 | And so what does Bolivia get out of this |
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