“It's not that it couldn't happen here but it would be very difficult,” Chilean Mines Minister Baldo Prokurica said From the sky, the glistening emerald ponds of northern Chile are almost ...

Chile's current lithium extraction companies use evaporation ponds where the metal is separated from brine. This is a commonly criticized method of producing lithium using tremendous amounts of ...

Chile is the world's second-largest lithium producer, behind Australia. However, the Chilean State will have majority participation in strategic projects and the National Copper Corporation ...

The call for proposals, open until March, represents Chile’s latest effort to capitalize on its vast reserves of tailings — estimated ... including lithium and cobalt, widely used in electric ...

Chile also remains a key player, with production reaching 56.5 thousand tons in 2023, supported by the world's largest lithium reserves. China's production has steadily grown, rising from 2.3 ...

(Bloomberg) -- Chile, home to the world’s biggest lithium reserves, is confident that investors will compete for licenses to drill new deposits even amid a worsening global glut that’s ...

said it has submitted its main application for a Special Lithium Operation Contract (CEOL) for its flagship asset, the Laguna Verde project in Chile. Laguna Verde is one of six saline systems that the ...

While the state will control projects in Chile’s two biggest salt flats, Enami has been cleared to hand over control of Altoandinos to a private group. Prospective partners are betting lithium will ...

Chile Keeps Faith in Lithium Expansion Even as Glut Worsens ‘We’re convinced that there’s interest,’ Mining Minister says World No. 2 producer expects to push up output 7% this year ...