阿根廷锂业：力拓在卡塔马卡启用Fénix扩建与Sal de Vida项目 合计投资约14亿美元
矿业公司力拓10月28日在阿根廷卡塔马卡省正式启用Fénix 1B扩建与Sal de Vida锂项目，两个项目合计投资约14亿美元，总统哈维尔·米莱与卡塔马卡省长劳尔·哈利勒出席启用活动，力拓首席执行官西蒙·特罗特主持。两个项目全面达产后，每年将合计新增约2.5万吨碳酸锂当量产能。
两个项目已在今年第二季度提前实现首次生产，目前正处于产能爬坡阶段。Fénix 1B扩建新增年产1万吨，使Fénix项目总目标产能升至约4万吨；位于翁布雷穆埃尔托盐湖的Fénix自1997年投产，是阿根廷第一个商业化锂项目。Sal de Vida是新建的碳酸锂项目，位于Fénix东北约20公里处，目标年产1.5万吨。
米莱在启用活动上表示，Fénix扩建是历史性里程碑，证明了阿根廷矿业的潜力。力拓在阿根廷的业务横跨北部卡塔马卡、胡胡伊和萨尔塔三省，包括Rincon等项目在内；该公司的全球目标是在2028年达到年产20万吨碳酸锂当量。
力拓介绍，其阿根廷锂业务约40亿美元的增长资本中，约70%预计将投向本地供应商。
Argentina Lithium: Rio Tinto Inaugurates Fénix Expansion and Sal de Vida in Catamarca, Combined Investment of About $1.4 Billion
Rio Tinto formally inaugurated the Fénix 1B expansion and the Sal de Vida lithium project in Argentina's Catamarca Province on October 28, a combined investment of about $1.4 billion. President Javier Milei and Catamarca Governor Raúl Jalil attended the ceremony, hosted by Rio Tinto Chief Executive Simon Trott. At full capacity, the two projects will add about 25,000 tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) per year.
Both projects achieved first production ahead of schedule in the second quarter of this year and are now ramping up. The Fénix 1B expansion adds 10,000 tonnes a year, lifting Fénix's total target capacity to about 40,000 tonnes; Fénix, on the Salar del Hombre Muerto, has operated since 1997 and was Argentina's first commercial lithium operation. Sal de Vida is a new lithium carbonate project about 20 kilometres northeast of Fénix, targeting 15,000 tonnes a year.
Milei called the Fénix expansion a historic milestone that proves Argentina's mining potential. Rio Tinto's Argentine footprint spans the northern provinces of Catamarca, Jujuy and Salta, including the Rincon project, and the company aims to reach 200,000 tonnes of LCE a year globally by 2028.
Rio Tinto said about 70 percent of the roughly $4 billion in growth capital for its Argentine lithium business is expected to be spent with local suppliers.
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图片来源：阿根廷卡塔马卡省翁布雷穆埃尔托盐湖卫星图，力拓Fénix与Sal de Vida锂项目位于该盐湖。Satellite view of the Salar del Hombre Muerto in Argentina's Catamarca Province, home to Rio Tinto's Fénix and Sal de Vida lithium projects. 公共领域，NASA，经Wikimedia Commons / Public domain, NASA, via Wikimedia Commons.
