Adam Vengosh Weinthal (left) and Gordon Williams collect surface brines from the salt crust of the Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia.

Scientists from Duke University in the United States have found that lithium-rich brine solutions contain a high concentration of boron.

Liquid evaporates from successive ponds, leaving behind increasingly concentrated brine containing lithium and boron ... the carbonate alkalinity is diminished in the brine from the Salar de Uyuni, ...

Chile and Argentina have long dominated news from the Lithium Triangle, but direct lithium extraction could provide the key for Bolivia to join its neighbours. This lithium is contained within ...