Musi waZvita 16, POSCO yakazivisa kuti ichaisa US $ 830 miriyoni kuvaka chirimwa chelithium hydroxide muArgentina yekugadzira zvinhu zvebhatiri zvemotokari dzemagetsi.Zvinonzi iyo simiti ichatanga kuvaka muhafu yekutanga ye2022, uye ichapedzwa uye kuiswa mukugadzirwa muhafu yekutanga ye2024. Mushure mekupedzwa, inogona kubudisa 25,000 matani e lithium hydroxide gore negore, iyo inogona kusangana nekugadzirwa kwegore negore. kudiwa kwe600,000 mota dzemagetsi.
Mukuwedzera, bhodhi revatungamiri vePOSCO vakabvumira musi waDecember 10 chirongwa chekuvaka lithium hydroxide plant vachishandisa zvinhu zvakachengetwa zvakachengetwa muHombre Muerto munyu muArgentina.Lithium hydroxide ndiyo yakakosha zvinhu zvekugadzira bhatiri cathodes.Kuenzaniswa ne lithium carbonate mabhatiri, lithium hydroxide mabhatiri ane hupenyu hurefu hwebasa.Mukupindura kudiwa kuri kukura kwelithium pamusika, muna 2018, POSCO yakawana kodzero dzemigodhi yeHombre Muerto salt lake kubva kuAustralia's Galaxy Resources kweUS $280 miriyoni.Muna 2020, POSCO yakasimbisa kuti dziva iri raive nematani 13.5 miriyoni yelithium, uye nekukasira yakavaka nekushandisa diki yekuratidzira chirimwa padhamu.
POSCO yakataura kuti inogona kuwedzera kuwedzera kweArgentine lithium hydroxide chirimwa mushure mekunge chirongwa ichi chapedzwa uye chaiswa mukushanda, kuitira kuti kugadzirwa kwegore negore kwechirimwa kuchawedzerwa nemamwe matani 250,000.