Argentine lithium a boon for some, doom for others

Anahi Jorge, 23, works for a lithium extraction company in Argentina, earning four times the salary of a local government worker in her village of Susques.

And while she welcomes the income of about $1,700 per month — a fortune for most in economic-crisis-riddled Argentina — she laments the impact on critical water resources in her town and the wider Jujuy province.