India in talks with Argentina, Bolivia to acquire lithium assets - secretary

Bolivia inaugurates the Lithium Carbonate Industrial Plant, in the Salar de Uyuni

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India is at an advanced stage of discussions with Argentina to acquire lithium blocks, the country's top bureaucrat in the mining ministry said on Tuesday.

India is also in preliminary discussions with Bolivia to acquire lithium assets, mines secretary V L Kantha Rao said at a press conference.

(Reporting by Neha Arora, writing by Shilpa Jamkhandikar, editing by Christina Fincher)