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Protesters agreed to end demonstrations that had blocked access to the Atacama salt flat in Chile, the world's largest lithium deposit, with the promise of a visit by President Gabriel Boric.
SANTIAGO (Reuters) -A protest by several hundred people in northern Chile on Wednesday blocked access to the Atacama salt flat, the world's largest lithium deposit, where domestic producer SQM and ...
Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. ( January 2024 ) Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile ( SQM ) is a Chilean chemical and mining company that mines lithium and makes fertilizer and other chemicals.
Chile's Atacama salt flat is sinking at a rate of 1 to 2 centimeters (0.4 to 0.8 inches) per year due to lithium brine extraction, according to a study by the University of Chile. The study used ...
Most of Chile's lithium reserves are in Salar de Atacama and Salar de Maricunga, [14] and all lithium extracted in Chile as of 2023 comes from Salar de Atacama. [16] The only two lithium-extracting companies currently operating in Chile, SQM and Albemarle , have licences to extract lithium until 2030 and 2043 respectively.
Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. ( February 2022 ) This is a list of countries by lithium mine production from 2018 onwards.
Chile's millennial president, Gabriel Boric, promised to mine differently. When Boric announced his ambitious plan in April to take state control over the country's lithium industry and expand ...
The Lithium Triangle (Spanish: Triángulo del Litio) is a region of the Andes that is rich in lithium reserves, encompassed by the borders of Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile. [1] The lithium in the triangle is concentrated in various salt pans that exist along the Atacama Desert and neighboring arid areas .