Ku ya 16 Ukuboza, POSCO yatangaje ko izashora miliyoni 830 z'amadolari y'Amerika yo kubaka uruganda rwa hydroxide ya lithium muri Arijantine kugira ngo rukore ibikoresho bya batiri ku binyabiziga by'amashanyarazi.Biravugwa ko uruganda ruzatangira kubaka mu gice cya mbere cy’umwaka wa 2022, rukazuzura kandi rugashyirwa mu bikorwa mu gice cya mbere cya 2024. Nyuma yo kurangira, rushobora gutanga toni 25.000 za hydroxide ya lithium buri mwaka, rushobora kuzuza umusaruro w’umwaka. icyifuzo cy'imodoka 600.000 z'amashanyarazi.
Byongeye kandi, inama y’ubuyobozi ya POSCO yemeje ku ya 10 Ukuboza gahunda yo kubaka uruganda rwa hydroxide ya lithium hakoreshejwe ibikoresho bibisi bibitswe mu kiyaga cy’umunyu cya Hombre Muerto muri Arijantine.Litiyumu hydroxide nibikoresho byingenzi byo gukora cathodes ya batiri.Ugereranije na batiri ya lithium karubone, bateri ya lithium hydroxide ifite ubuzima burebure.Mu rwego rwo gukenera kwiyongera kwa lithium ku isoko, mu 2018, POSCO yabonye uburenganzira bwo gucukura ikiyaga cy’umunyu cya Hombre Muerto kiva muri Ositaraliya ya Galaxy Resources kuri miliyoni 280 USD.Muri 2020, POSCO yemeje ko iki kiyaga kirimo toni miliyoni 13.5 za litiro, ihita yubaka kandi ikora uruganda ruto rwerekana ikiyaga.
POSCO yavuze ko ishobora kurushaho kwagura uruganda rwa lithium hydroxide yo muri Arijantine nyuma yuko umushinga urangiye ugashyirwa mu bikorwa, ku buryo umusaruro w’uruganda buri mwaka uzagurwa na toni 250.000.