CABILDO, Chile, June 24 (Reuters ... "The little I used to water my fruit trees, fill the pond, the avocados, the tailing burst and it got contaminated," said Jose Olmos, a local farmer.

Ilya Epikhin of US-based consultancy Arthur D. Little explains how drought, demand and desalination are transforming water ...

“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 ...

The Atacama Desert is a major source of lithium for EV batteries. As global demand ramps up, the local Lickanantay people are racing to protect already scarce water supplies and their way of life.

In Chile, lithium is produced through the evaporation of brine in ponds or pools filled with water pumped from underneath salt flats. Experts say the method puts several animal and plant species ...

As heavy rains continue to pummel Chile, cutting off areas of the ... “The little I used to water my fruit trees, fill the pond, the avocados, the tailing burst and it got contaminated ...

In the main square of Peine, a village of low houses and dirt streets in Chile ... transporting lithium-laden brine extracted from underground wells to a network of evaporation ponds.