Bolivia: Salar de Uyuni
04 aug. 2011
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vanuit Bolivia
Salar de Uyuni is the world's largest salt flat located in southwest Bolivia. It's the remnant of what once used to be a giant inner ocean. There are huge amounts of minerals present so mining could be an important economic activity, but this conflicts with local communities that mine the salt themselves as their main source of income. It contains more than half of the world's lithium reserves that is used in batteries and as demand for this mineral is likely to go up, the Bolivian government is planning to start exploiting this area in the near future.