The Atacama Desert is a major source of lithium for EV batteries. As global demand ramps up, the local Lickanantay people are ...

Peine sits on the edge of the nearly 1,200-square-mile Atacama Salt Flat, or Salar de Atacama. Sitting beneath its surface, dissolved in underground saline waters called brine, is one of the ...

Driven by higher copper sales prices, a 2% drop in costs and improved production results, Codelco posted a 30% increase in ...

New research reveals that current global water models dramatically overestimate the amount of freshwater available for ...

SQM’s low-cost lithium deposit in the Salar de Atacama boasts the highest concentration of lithium globally and benefits from high evaporation rates in the Chilean desert. As electric vehicle ...

Currently, the biggest lithium mine operated by SQM (one of the biggest in the world) is in Chile, operating under the name of Salar de Atacama, since 1990. The company has been expanding their ...

A short drive from San Pedro is the Salar de Atacama, a 1,200-mile salt flat that looks like an "ice rink of salty seracs". Other must-visit spots include Valle de la Lunar (Moon Valley), where ...

Lithium Argentina is in a solid financial position. As of Dec. 31, 2024, the firm had almost $86 million in cash and nearly $211 million in debt. Even with lithium prices at multi-year lows, ...

Latin America has them; the world wants them. But regional governments, and their citizens, are of two minds about the costs and benefits of further development. The increasing competition between ...