Posted May 19, 2018 08:24:49 Bolivia’s long and tumultuous history with the salt industry dates back to the 1950s when a number of foreign companies, including Swiss mining company Freeport-McMoRan, attempted to exploit the vast area of open, untapped salt on the border between Bolivia and Ecuador.This vast region was also known as the “salt …
Iran has begun its first mining operation in Bolivia – report
BOLIVIA (AP) – Iran has started its first major mining operation since the end of sanctions, drilling a huge salt lake into the South American country’s salt flats.The ministry of natural resources said on Wednesday that a team of 20 divers, who had previously been working on the same salt flats as Iran’s oil industry, …