A socio-technical transition of sustainable lithium industry in Latin America

America Rocio Quinteros-Condoretty; Laura Albareda; Bernardo Barbiellini; Ayberk Soyer

doi:10.1016/j.promfg.2020.10.242

A socio-technical transition of sustainable lithium industry in Latin America

America Rocio Quinteros-Condoretty^*, Laura Albareda, Bernardo Barbiellini, Ayberk Soyer

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Industrial Engineering

Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review

10 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1737-1747
Number of pages	11
Journal	Procedia Manufacturing
Volume	51
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2020.10.242
Publication status	Published - 2020
Event	30th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing, FAIM 2021 - Athens, Greece Duration: 15 Jun 2021 → 18 Jun 2021

Bibliographical note

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.

Funding

This work was supported by The Foundation for Economic Education in Finland (grant number 190321).

Funders	Funder number
Foundation for Economic Education in Finland	190321

Keywords

Latin America
Lithium
Socio-technical transition theory
Sustainability

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Access to Document

10.1016/j.promfg.2020.10.242

Cite this

@article{f5de8c2765094be3a01c17c2ed1075f3,

title = "A socio-technical transition of sustainable lithium industry in Latin America",

abstract = "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.",

keywords = "Latin America, Lithium, Socio-technical transition theory, Sustainability",

author = "Quinteros-Condoretty, {America Rocio} and Laura Albareda and Bernardo Barbiellini and Ayberk Soyer",

note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 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.; 30th International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing, FAIM 2021 ; Conference date: 15-06-2021 Through 18-06-2021",

year = "2020",

doi = "10.1016/j.promfg.2020.10.242",

language = "English",

volume = "51",

pages = "1737--1747",

journal = "Procedia Manufacturing",

issn = "2351-9789",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - A socio-technical transition of sustainable lithium industry in Latin America

AU - Quinteros-Condoretty, America Rocio

AU - Albareda, Laura

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 -

A socio-technical transition of sustainable lithium industry in Latin America

Abstract

Bibliographical note

Funding

Keywords

UN SDGs

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this