比亞迪與智利鋰生產商談判以保障供應

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商談判以保障供應，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，包括合作伙伴關系、供應協(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.”

“我們消費全球鋰供應的20%，這意味著我們對保障穩(wěn)定供應有強烈興趣。”

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是智利兩大生產商，國有的銅公司Codelco也在考慮開發(fā)鋰礦。