Exclusive-As Chile revs up lithium plans, Indigenous people demand more control
Chile's Indigenous communities in the lithium-rich Atacama Desert are in talks with two of the nation's biggest miners to ...
Chile has 28% more lithium than previous estimates, studies find
Chile's total lithium resources are 28% greater than previously estimated, according to new studies of salt flats in the ...
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Indigenous Communities Seek Role in Chile’s Lithium Boom
Indigenous communities in Chiles Atacama Desert are negotiating with state miner Codelco and lithium giant SQM for greater ...
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Chile’s lithium boom promises jobs and money — but threatens a critical water source
The Atacama Salt Flat is an epicenter of this growth. The region contains an estimated 8.3 million tons of lithium and now ...
Lithium miners Codelco, SQM propose unprecedented governance model with indigenous input
Chile's indigenous communities in the lithium-rich Atacama Desert are in talks with major miners Codelco and SQM to gain more ...
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Empowering the Atacama: Indigenous Communities Forge New Lithium Governance
Indigenous communities in Chile's Atacama Desert are engaging in discussions with mining giants Codelco and SQM to gain ...
Chile's Codelco boosts copper output, chairman bullish despite trade war
Codelco, Chile's state-owned copper producer, boosted production in the first three months of 2025 and was still bullish ...
The amount of fresh water available for lithium mining is vastly overestimated, hydrologists warn
New research into lithium mining in the "Lithium Triangle" of Chile, Argentina and Bolivia—source of more than half of the ...
Indian delegation to visit Chile seeking stake in SQM's lithium projects, source says
Indian officials will visit Chile next week to discuss plans for four state companies to take a stake in two lithium projects of the world's No. 2 producer of the metal, SQM , a source said.
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In the first two months, spodumene imports reached 1.16 million mt, while lithium hydroxide exports hit a new low! [SMM Special Report]
Around March 20, the import and export data of cobalt and lithium battery industry chain related products for January-February 2025 were released. The data showed that China's spodumene imports ...
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Chile unveils plans to optimize copper and lithium extraction
The European Union, in collaboration with Fraunhofer Chile, has launched the OPTIMINER project in Santiago with key EU and ...
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Chile’s lithium boom promises jobs and money — but threatens a critical water source
The region contains an estimated 8.3 million tons of lithium and now supplies 30 percent of global demand annually. Chile has a national plan to increase production even more. But this boom has ...