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Chile lithium

Metal
Chile’s Codelco Secures New Lithium Quota for SQM Partnership
Codelco, Chile's state-owned copper producer, announced on Tuesday that it has received regulatory approval for a new lithium quota, advancing its plans to …
Metal
Chile’s SQM Misses Profit Estimates as Lithium Prices Remain Under Pressure
On Wednesday, SQM, the world’s second-largest lithium producer based in Chile, reported that its first-quarter profit for 2025 fell short of expectations …
Metal
Rio Tinto to Invest $900M in Codelco’s Lithium Project in Chile
Rio Tinto and Codelco, Chile’s state-owned copper mining company, have signed agreements to form a joint venture for the Salar de Maricunga lithium projec…
Metal
China’s BYD, Tsingshan Scrap Plans for Chile Lithium Plants
On Wednesday, Chile’s economic development agency, Corfo, announced that Chinese automaker BYD and metals group Tsingshan have withdrawn from multimillion-doll…
Metal
Chile’s Lithium Reserves Are 28% Higher Than Earlier Estimates, Studies Reveal
Chile’s state-owned mining company, ENAMI, has announced that its Salares Altoandinos project could boost the nation’s lithium resources by 28%. The…
Metal
Seven Bidders Battle for Chile’s Lithium Mining Contracts
SQM lithium mining operations in Chile’s north.Chile has wrapped up the initial phase of its efforts to award special lithium operation contracts (Ceols) to pr…
Battery
Chile lithium projects garner interest from over 50 companies
Aerial view of the brine pools and processing areas of the Soquimich (SQM) lithium mine on the Atacama salt flats. (Image from: SQM Corporate Presentation.)More…
Electric Vehicle Battery
BYD Postpones Plans for 2025 Chile Lithium Cathode Plant
Chinese carmaker BYD Co has postponed plans to produce lithium cathodes for electric vehicle (EV) batteries in Chile by 2025, the firm’s Americas head told Reu…
Energy Storage Project
Korea Battery Makers Eye Chile Lithium Investments to Supply US
Stock image.Lithium heavyweight Chile is drawing interest from South Korean battery makers keen to develop processing plants there, the head of a government age…