A ranar 16 ga Disamba, POSCO ta ba da sanarwar cewa za ta kashe dalar Amurka miliyan 830 don gina masana'antar lithium hydroxide a Argentina don kera kayan batir na motocin lantarki.An bayyana cewa, a farkon rabin shekarar 2022, za a fara gina masana’antar, kuma za a kammala shi, kuma za a samar da shi a farkon rabin shekarar 2024. Bayan kammalawa, za ta iya samar da ton 25,000 na lithium hydroxide a duk shekara, wanda zai iya saduwa da yadda ake samarwa a duk shekara. bukatar motocin lantarki 600,000.
Bugu da kari, kwamitin gudanarwa na POSCO ya amince a ranar 10 ga watan Disamba wani shiri na gina masana'antar lithium hydroxide ta hanyar amfani da albarkatun kasa da aka adana a tafkin gishiri na Hombre Muerto da ke kasar Argentina.Lithium hydroxide shine ainihin abu don kera cathodes na baturi.Idan aka kwatanta da baturan carbonate na lithium, baturan lithium hydroxide suna da tsawon rayuwar sabis.Dangane da karuwar bukatar lithium a kasuwa, a cikin 2018, POSCO ta sami haƙƙin haƙar ma'adinai na tafkin gishiri na Hombre Muerto daga Albarkatun Galaxy na Ostiraliya akan dalar Amurka miliyan 280.A cikin 2020, POSCO ta tabbatar da cewa tafkin na dauke da tan miliyan 13.5 na lithium, kuma nan da nan ya gina tare da gudanar da wata karamar masana'anta a gefen tafkin.
Kamfanin POSCO ya ce yana iya kara fadada masana'antar lithium hydroxide ta kasar Argentina bayan an kammala aikin tare da fara aiki da shi, ta yadda za a fadada karfin samar da masana'antar a duk shekara da wani tan 250,000.