Musi wa16 Zvita, POSCO yakazivisa kuti yaizoisa mari inosvika US$830 miriyoni kuvaka chirimwa che lithium hydroxide muArgentina chekugadzira zvinhu zvemabhatiri zvemotokari dzemagetsi. Zvinonzi chirimwa ichi chichatanga kuvaka muhafu yekutanga ya2022, uye chichapedzwa uye chichatanga kugadzirwa muhafu yekutanga ya2024. Mushure mekupedzwa, inogona kugadzira matani 25,000 e lithium hydroxide pagore, izvo zvinogona kusangana nezvinodiwa zvegore negore zvemotokari dzemagetsi 600,000.
Pamusoro pezvo, bhodhi revatungamiriri vePOSCO rakabvumidza musi wa10 Zvita chirongwa chekuvaka chirimwa che lithium hydroxide chichishandisa zvinhu zvakachengetwa muHombre Muerto salt lake muArgentina. Lithium hydroxide ndiyo chinhu chikuru chekugadzira ma cathodes emabhatiri. Kana tichienzanisa nemabhatiri e lithium carbonate, mabhatiri e lithium hydroxide ane hupenyu hwakareba hwekushanda. Mukupindura kudiwa kuri kukura kwe lithium mumusika, muna 2018, POSCO yakatora kodzero dzekuchera mugungwa reHombre Muerto salt kubva kuGalaxy Resources yeAustralia neUS$280 miriyoni. Muna 2020, POSCO yakasimbisa kuti gungwa iri raiva nematani emamiriyoni gumi nematatu nehafu e lithium, uye yakabva yavaka nekushandisa chirimwa chidiki chekuratidzira pedyo negungwa.
POSCO yakati inogona kuwedzera kuwedzera fekitari yeArgentine lithium hydroxide mushure mekunge chirongwa ichi chapera uye chatanga kushanda, kuitira kuti kugona kwekugadzira kwefekitari pagore kuwedzere nemamwe matani 250,000.