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2. Lithium mining is slowly sinking Chile's Atacama salt flat ...

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   SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's Atacama salt flat is sinking at a rate of 1 to 2 centimeters (0.4 to 0.8 inches) per year due to lithium brine extraction, according to a study by the University of Chile.

3. Protest ends at Chile's lithium salt flats with promise of ...

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   Protesters agreed to end demonstrations that had blocked access to the Atacama salt flat in Chile, the world's largest lithium deposit, with the promise of a visit by President Gabriel Boric.

4. How Chile's progressive new plan to mine lithium faces ... - AOL

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   Chile's millennial president, Gabriel Boric, promised to mine differently. When Boric announced his ambitious plan in April to take state control over the country's lithium industry and expand ...

5. Mining in Chile - Wikipedia

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   Most of Chile's lithium reserves are in Salar de Atacama and Salar de Maricunga, [13] and all lithium extracted in Chile as of 2023 comes from Salar de Atacama. [15] The only two lithium-extracting companies currently operating in Chile, SQM and Albemarle , have licences to extract lithium until 2030 and 2043 respectively.

6. SQM case - Wikipedia

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   Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile is a Chilean chemical and mining company that mines lithium and makes fertilizer and other chemicals.The company is currently under indictment and investigation for diverting funds to different politicians in Chile.

7. Sociedad Química y Minera - Wikipedia

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   Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM) is a Chilean chemical company and a supplier of plant nutrients, iodine, lithium and industrial chemicals. It is the world's biggest lithium producer. [2] SQM's natural resources and its main production facilities are located in the Atacama Desert in Tarapacá and Antofagasta regions.

8. Protest at Chile's lithium salt flats snarls roads to SQM ...

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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 ...

9. 2025 Chilean general election - Wikipedia

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   Since becoming President, Boric's government, where more than half of his cabinet are women, [4] has prioritized pension reform, [5] his proposals to nationalize lithium mining, [6] attempt to enact gun control measures, [7] expand LGBT rights in Chile, [8] progressive tax reforms, [9] and his government's efforts to approve a new Constitution.