(MENAFN- The Rio Times) Sources from Chile's economic development agency and government confirm that Chinese firms BYD and Tsingshan have withdrawn from major lithium processing projects in Chile.

Chile is the world's No. 2 lithium producer. In a statement on Friday, Tsingshan referred to its plans for a Chile cathode plant in the past tense, without saying they had been scrapped.

Its primary lithium operations are in Chile, where it is a longtime producer, and it is also working to bring production online in Australia. In Chile, SQM sources brine from the Salar de Atacama ...

Chinese carmaker BYD and metals giant Tsingshan have abandoned plans to build lithium processing plants in Chile, local newspaper Diario Financiero reported on Wednesday. BYD has already filed its ...

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SANTIAGO, May 9 (Reuters) - Chinese metals group Tsingshan said on Friday it remains interested in opportunities to invest in Chile's downstream lithium sector, following reports that it had ...

SANTIAGO (Reuters) -Chinese automaker BYD and metals group Tsingshan are backing out of multi-million dollar plans to build lithium cathode plants in Chile, the country's economic development ...