April 25, 2022
After Mexico’s Supreme Court failed to reach the two-thirds majority needed to declare President Lopez Obrador’s electricity reform unconstitutional, the MORENA party was unable to reach the votes needed to pass the reform in Congress. However, President Lopez Obrador announced another initiative to nationalize lithium. The proposed legislation strengthens government control over the mining sector by not awarding concessions to mine lithium and other strategic minerals vital for the energy sector.