“…Its demand is increasing with the development of industrial activities and new technologies. Around 12 million tons were produced from mining in 2016 (Turkbay et al, 2022) whereas a large amount of boron could be potentially extracted from brines as salar brines contain up to 4000 mg L − 1 (Garrett, 1998a). Continental brines are an alternative source since boron extraction from ores is expensive, energy and material intensive due to the beneficiation steps and the large amount of sulfuric acid used for leaching (Balinski et al, 2021).…”