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No mining plant is currently at the site, and the Bolivian government does not want to allow exploitation by foreign corporations. Instead, it intends to reach an annual production of 35,000&nbsp;t by 2023 in a joint venture with ACI Systems Alemania GmbH.<ref>{{Cite news |date=3 December 2018 |title=Bolivia's Almost Impossible Lithium Dream |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-12-03/bolivia-s-almost-impossible-lithium-dream |access-date=26 March 2019 |newspaper=[[Bloomberg News|Bloomberg]]}}</ref><ref name="BBC_electric_car"/><ref name="ACISA">{{cite web |title=Lithium – ACI Systems Alemania GmbH |date=August 2019 |url=https://www.acisa.de/lithium/ |access-date=11 January 2020}}</ref>

Salar de Uyuni is estimated to contain 10&nbsp;billion tonnes (9.8&nbsp;billion long tons; 11&nbsp;billion short tons) of salt, of which less than 25,000&nbsp;t is extracted annually. All miners working in the Salar belong to [[Colchani, Potosí|Colchani's]]<nowiki/>s cooperative. Because of its ___location, large area, and flatness, the Salar is a major car transport route across the Bolivian [[Altiplano]],<ref name=nasa/> except when seasonally covered with water.{{citation needed|date=June 2016}}

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