Na Disemba 16, POSCO kwupụtara na ọ ga-etinye ego US $ 830 iji wuo ụlọ ọrụ lithium hydroxide na Argentina maka imepụta ihe batrị maka ụgbọ ala eletrik.A na-akọ na ụlọ ọrụ ahụ ga-amalite ịrụ ọrụ na ọkara mbụ nke 2022, a ga-arụcha ya ma tinye ya na ọkara mbụ nke 2024. Mgbe emechara, ọ nwere ike ịmepụta 25,000 tọn lithium hydroxide kwa afọ, nke nwere ike izute mmepụta kwa afọ. chọrọ ụgbọ ala eletrik 600,000.
Na mgbakwunye, ndị isi oche nke POSCO kwadoro na Disemba 10 atụmatụ iji wuo ụlọ ọrụ lithium hydroxide site na iji akụrụngwa echekwara na ọdọ mmiri Hombre Muerto nnu na Argentina.Lithium hydroxide bụ isi ihe maka imepụta cathodes batrị.E jiri ya tụnyere batrị lithium carbonate, batrị lithium hydroxide nwere ogologo ndụ ọrụ.Na nzaghachi maka mmụba na-arịwanye elu maka lithium n'ahịa, na 2018, POSCO nwetara ikike igwu mmiri nke ọdọ mmiri nnu Hombre Muerto site na Galaxy Resources Australia maka US $ 280 nde.N'afọ 2020, POSCO kwadoro na ọdọ mmiri ahụ nwere tọn lithium nde 13.5, wee wuo ma rụọ ọrụ obere ihe ngosi n'akụkụ ọdọ mmiri ahụ.
POSCO kwuru na ọ nwere ike ịgbasawanye ụlọ ọrụ lithium hydroxide Argentine ka arụchara ọrụ ahụ wee tinye ya n'ọrụ, ka ike mmepụta ihe ọkụkụ ahụ kwa afọ ga-agbasa site na tọn 250,000 ọzọ.