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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 U.S. firm Albemarle extract the metal. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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 U.S. firm Albemarle extract the metal.

A protest by several hundred people in northern Chile on Wednesday blocked access to the Atacama salt flat, the worlds largest lithium deposit, where domestic producer SQM and U.S. firm...

Mines can’t migrate but capital can and that appears to be happening at SQM, Chile’s world-class lithium producer.

The third edition of the Future Minerals Forum (FMF) 2024, held under the patronage of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz, will kick off at the King Abdulaziz International Conference Center (KAICC) in Riyadh on Wednesday.   With participation from over 80 countries and featuring more than 200 prominent speakers, the event aims to delve into the prospects of the mineral industry and devise solutions to the challenges it confronts.  

Some of the biggest players in the global battery supply chain held meetings with Chilean authorities late last year as the country with the biggest reserves of lithium gets ready to open up new extraction areas.

Barrick Gold and Antofagasta invest $95m in exploring copper and metals in Chile's Atacama region.

NAFTA and USMCA have dramatically reshaped Mexico.

A public-private partnership between local miner SQM and U.S.-based Albemarle will extend production of the mineral used for EV batteries.

President Gabriel Boric himself took it upon himself to inform his country of the agreement reached between Codelco, Chile's most important state mining