Na Disemba 16, POSCO kwupụtara na ha ga-etinye ego ruru nde dọla US830 iji wuo ụlọ ọrụ lithium hydroxide na Argentina maka imepụta ihe batrị maka ụgbọ ala eletrik. A kọrọ na ụlọ ọrụ ahụ ga-amalite ịrụ ọrụ na ọkara mbụ nke 2022, a ga-emecha ya ma tinye ya na mmepụta na ọkara mbụ nke 2024. Mgbe emechara ya, ọ nwere ike imepụta tọn lita 25,000 nke lithium hydroxide kwa afọ, nke nwere ike igbo mkpa mmepụta kwa afọ nke ụgbọ ala eletrik 600,000.
Tinyere nke ahụ, ndị isi oche nke POSCO kwadoro na Disemba 10 atụmatụ iwu ụlọ ọrụ lithium hydroxide site na iji ihe ndị e ji emepụta ihe echekwara na ọdọ mmiri nnu Hombre Muerto dị na Argentina. Lithium hydroxide bụ ihe bụ isi maka imepụta katodes batrị. Ma e jiri ya tụnyere batrị lithium carbonate, batrị lithium hydroxide nwere ndụ ọrụ ogologo oge. N'ịzaghachi mmụba nke ọchịchọ maka lithium n'ahịa, na 2018, POSCO nwetara ikike igwu ala nke ọdọ mmiri nnu Hombre Muerto site na Galaxy Resources nke Australia maka US $280 nde. Na 2020, POSCO kwadoro na ọdọ mmiri ahụ nwere tọn lithium nde 13.5, ma wuo ma rụọ ọrụ ozugbo obere ụlọ ọrụ ngosipụta n'akụkụ ọdọ mmiri ahụ.
POSCO kwuru na ha nwere ike ịgbasakwu ụlọ ọrụ mmepụta lithium hydroxide nke Argentina mgbe emechara ọrụ ahụ ma malite ịrụ ọrụ, ka ikike mmepụta kwa afọ nke ụlọ ọrụ ahụ wee gbasaa site na tọn 250,000 ọzọ.