{"id":23306,"date":"2026-09-20T23:56:46","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T04:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rgvbusinessjournal.com\/news\/20\/09\/2026\/una-empresa-australiana-tiene-previsto-construir-una-refineria-de-litio-de-607-millones-de-dolares-en-el-puerto-de-brownsville-se-trata-de-una-gran-apuesta-por-el-futuro-de-las-baterias-en-estados-un\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T23:56:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T04:56:46","slug":"una-empresa-australiana-tiene-previsto-construir-una-refineria-de-litio-de-607-millones-de-dolares-en-el-puerto-de-brownsville-se-trata-de-una-gran-apuesta-por-el-futuro-de-las-baterias-en-estados-un","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rgvbusinessjournal.com\/es\/news\/20\/09\/2026\/una-empresa-australiana-tiene-previsto-construir-una-refineria-de-litio-de-607-millones-de-dolares-en-el-puerto-de-brownsville-se-trata-de-una-gran-apuesta-por-el-futuro-de-las-baterias-en-estados-un\/","title":{"rendered":"Una empresa australiana tiene previsto construir una refiner\u00eda de litio de 607 millones de d\u00f3lares en el puerto de Brownsville. Se trata de una gran apuesta por el futuro de las bater\u00edas en Estados Unidos."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Por Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ednez<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La empresa australiana Lithium Universe Ltd. tiene previsto construir una refiner\u00eda en el puerto de Brownsville que transformar\u00eda minerales procedentes de \u00c1frica, Brasil y Estados Unidos en carbonato de litio, un material que se utiliza desde hace tiempo en algunas bater\u00edas para veh\u00edculos el\u00e9ctricos, almacenamiento de energ\u00eda y productos electr\u00f3nicos de consumo.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El proyecto tiene como objetivo dar empleo a hasta 200 trabajadores fijos a tiempo completo, cuenta con un coste de capital estimado de 607 millones de d\u00f3lares y prev\u00e9 un margen bruto del 42 %, seg\u00fan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lithiumuniverse.com\/projects-port-of-brownsville-lithium-refinery\/\">el estudio de prefactibilidad de<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lithiumuniverse.com\/projects-port-of-brownsville-lithium-refinery\/\">la empresa<\/a> publicado este mes.<\/p><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"295\" height=\"460\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rgvbusinessjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/E967F5F2-3004-458D-8B44-F8299F04F5D1_4_5005_c.jpeg\" alt=\"Buenos d\u00edas, se\u00f1or ministro\" class=\"wp-image-23299\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.6413144955498848;width:156px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rgvbusinessjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/E967F5F2-3004-458D-8B44-F8299F04F5D1_4_5005_c.jpeg 295w, https:\/\/www.rgvbusinessjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/E967F5F2-3004-458D-8B44-F8299F04F5D1_4_5005_c-192x300.jpeg 192w, https:\/\/www.rgvbusinessjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/E967F5F2-3004-458D-8B44-F8299F04F5D1_4_5005_c-148x230.jpeg 148w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Buenos d\u00edas, se\u00f1or ministro<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La entrada de Lithium Universe en el mercado estadounidense se produce en un momento en que la Administraci\u00f3n Trump intenta reducir la dependencia de otros pa\u00edses en lo que respecta a minerales cr\u00edticos como el litio. 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