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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. The demonstration, led by local indigenous groups after an agreement was signed last month between SQM and state-run copper firm Codelco, was affecting SQM operations, said a source with knowledge of the matter. Albemarle in a statement said its operations "continue as usual," and that it was focused on employee safety.

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 world's largest lithium deposit, where domestic producer SQM and U.S. firm...

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