Ngomhlaka-16 Disemba, i-POSCO yamemezela ukuthi izotshala imali engu-US$830 million ukwakha isitshalo se-lithium hydroxide e-Argentina ukuze kukhiqizwe izinto zebhethri zezimoto zikagesi. Kubikwa ukuthi lesi sitshalo sizoqala ukwakhiwa engxenyeni yokuqala ka-2022, futhi sizoqedwa bese sikhiqizwa engxenyeni yokuqala ka-2024. Ngemva kokuqedwa, singakhiqiza amathani angu-25,000 e-lithium hydroxide minyaka yonke, okungahlangabezana nesidingo sonyaka sokukhiqiza sezimoto zikagesi ezingu-600,000.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, ibhodi labaqondisi be-POSCO lavuma ngoDisemba 10 uhlelo lokwakha isitshalo se-lithium hydroxide kusetshenziswa izinto zokusetshenziswa ezigcinwe echibini likasawoti iHombre Muerto e-Argentina. I-lithium hydroxide iyinto eyinhloko yokwenza ama-cathode ebhethri. Uma kuqhathaniswa namabhethri e-lithium carbonate, amabhethri e-lithium hydroxide anempilo yesevisi ende. Ngenxa yesidingo esikhulayo se-lithium emakethe, ngo-2018, i-POSCO yathola amalungelo okumba ichibi likasawoti iHombre Muerto kwi-Galaxy Resources yase-Australia ngamadola ayizigidi ezingama-US $280. ​​Ngo-2020, i-POSCO yaqinisekisa ukuthi ichibi laliqukethe amathani ayizigidi ezingu-13.5 e-lithium, futhi ngokushesha yakha futhi yasebenzisa isitshalo esincane sokubonisa eduze kwechibi.
I-POSCO ithe ingase yandise isitshalo sase-Argentina se-lithium hydroxide ngemva kokuba iphrojekthi isiqediwe futhi iqaliswe ukusebenza, ukuze umthamo wokukhiqiza waminyaka yonke wesitshalo wande ngamanye amathani angu-250,000.