比亞迪與智利鋰生產(chǎn)商談判以保障供應(yīng)

BYD, the Chinese electric car and bus company part-owned by Warren Buffett, is talking to lithium producers in Chile about securing supplies.

比亞迪(BYD)正在與智利的鋰生產(chǎn)商談判以保障供應(yīng)，這家中國電動汽車和電動公共汽車制造商由沃倫•巴菲特(Warren Buffett)部分持股。

Fred Ni, vice-president of BYD America, said the company was considering options including partnerships, supply agreements and direct investments.

比亞迪美國副總裁倪宜東(Fred Ni)表示，該公司正在考慮若干選擇，包括合作伙伴關(guān)系、供應(yīng)協(xié)議和直接投資。

“It’s still in negotiation stage. We haven’t defined which model it will be,” he said at the CRU world copper conference in Santiago.

他在智利首都圣地亞哥舉行的英國商品研究所(CRU)世界銅業(yè)會議上表示：“目前還在談判階段。我們還沒有確定會選擇哪種模式。”

“We consume 20 per cent of the lithium supply in the world — that means we have a strong interest to secure stable supply.”

“我們消費(fèi)全球鋰供應(yīng)的20%，這意味著我們對保障穩(wěn)定供應(yīng)有強(qiáng)烈興趣。”

Chile is one of the largest sources of lithium. The battery ingredient is extracted from brine trapped beneath the Atacama Desert.

智利是鋰的最大來源之一。這種電池原材料是從阿塔卡馬沙漠(Atacama Desert)下的礦床提取的。

Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM) and US-based Albemarle are two of the largest producers in Chile, and Codelco, the state-owned copper company, has been looking at developing deposits.

智利化工礦業(yè)公司(Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile，SQM)和總部位于美國的Albemarle是智利兩大生產(chǎn)商，國有的銅公司Codelco也在考慮開發(fā)鋰礦。