Evaporation ponds in the Salar de Atacama, Chile are featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 22 crew member on the International Space Station. The Salar (salt flat) de Atacama in Chile ...

SALAR DE ATACAMA, Chile (Reuters) - Chile's Indigenous communities in the lithium-rich Atacama Desert are in talks with two of the nation's biggest miners to gain more influence over plans to increase ...

Sept 6 (Reuters) - Lithium producer SQM's operations in the Salar de Atacama salt flat have achieved IRMA certification, it said on Wednesday, meaning all Chile's lithium mining facilities have now ...

U.S.-based Albemarle Corp, the world's largest lithium producer, has accused its top rival, Chilean miner SQM, and local regulators of seeking to keep secret a coveted report about the environmental ...

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - A top environmental judge in Chile renewed a call for a government-vetted water study to help stamp out lingering questions about sustainability that have cast a pall over Chile's ...

Request to review environmental qualifications for SQM and Albemarle poses risk to lithium production projections. Freshwater influx from beyond salt flats may compensate for brine pumping impact on ...

The mining companies Albemarle and SQM have laid out yearslong plans to bring desalinated seawater to their lithium operations in Chile’s Salar de Atacama so they can introduce direct lithium ...

Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A. (NYSE:SQM; Santiago Stock Exchange:SQM-B, SQM-A) announced the completion of its strategic partnership with Corporación Nacional del Cobre de Chile (Codelco) ...

SANTIAGO – Chile is preparing major new restrictions on the extraction of water from the lithium-rich Salar de Atacama salt flats, home to top lithium miners Albemarle and SQM, the head of the country ...