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Albemarle's Chile country manager Ignacio Mehech shows an illustration of brines purification process to obtain lithium carbonate at their lithium plant…

Albemarle Corp hopes to expand its lithium operations in Chiles Atacama salt flat as early as 2028 with direct lithium extraction technology under its current government contract, Ignacio... | May 11, 2023

Albemarle Corp hopes to expand its lithium operations in Chile's Atacama salt flat as early as 2028 with direct lithium extraction (DLE) technology under its current government contract, Ignacio Mehech, the company's Chile manager, told Reuters.

While Chiles plan to take control of its lithium industry has caused global shockwaves, state-led production of the metal used to make electric vehicle batteries is seen by analysts as likely years

While Chile's plan to take control of its lithium industry has caused global shockwaves, state-led production of the metal used to make electric vehicle batteries is seen by analysts as likely years away given technical and political challenges.

SQM (SQM) said it expects to reach an agreement to continue producing lithium under the Chilean government’s new public-private model for the industry.

Chiles state development office Corfo said on Tuesday it met with U.S.-based miner Albemarle to discuss the South American countrys plan to nationalize the lithium industry. ... | June 18, 2023

Chile's state development office Corfo said on Tuesday it met with U.S.-based miner Albemarle to discuss the South American country's plan to nationalize the lithium industry.

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's state development office Corfo said on Tuesday it met with U.S.-based miner Albemarle to discuss the South American count...

Chile is part of a South American region known as the "lithium triangle," where miners are trying to meet skyrocketing demand for the material.