SQM and Albemarle Corp, Chile's two existing lithium producers, use evaporation ponds to produce the metal. Both are studying DLE, though neither have deployed it. Livent Corp uses a variation of ...

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.

Chile’s President Gabriel Boric ... including favouring direct lithium extraction (DLE) over evaporation ponds — the method currently used. Applying DLE is expected to speed up production ...

Albemarle and SQM, the only two lithium producers in Chile, currently extract the metal using mass evaporation ponds from brine taken from underground reservoirs. President Gabriel Boric has ...

CABILDO, Chile (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.

SQM and Albemarle Corp, Chile's two existing lithium producers, use evaporation ponds to produce the metal. Both are studying DLE, though neither have deployed it. Livent Corp uses a variation of ...