SQM’s Salar de Atacama operations become IRMA certified
Mining News Pro - Lithium producer SQM’s operations in the Salar de Atacama salt flat have achieved IRMA certification, it said on Wednesday, meaning all Chile’s lithium mining facilities have now completed the evaluation process preferred by numerous EV manufacturers.
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In Chile’s Atacama, lithium mining stirs fight over flamingos
Mining News Pro - On the white plains of Chile’s lithium-rich Atacama desert, bright pink flamingos enliven the sprawling salt flats where sporadic blue pools provide much needed hydration.
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Chile regulator fines BHP’s Escondida mine for damage in Salar de Atacama
Mining News Pro - Chile’s environmental regulator said on Thursday it had fined Escondida mine, controlled by company BHP, $8.2 million for damage caused by water extraction in the Salar de Atacama salt flat.
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Lithium giant Albemarle slams Chile over `unjust` withholding of Atacama study
Mining News Pro - Albemarle, the world’s top lithium producer, has accused a Chilean regulator of “unjust” discrimination for refusing to make public a key report on the impact of mining on the Atacama salt flat, according to court filings.
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Inside SQM’s struggle to win over indigenous communities in Chile’s Atacama
Mining News Pro - SQM, the world’s No. 2 lithium producer, cut a deal with Chile in 2018 that allowed it to ramp up output from the Atacama, a remote and fragile desert salt flat whose indigenous inhabitants fear may be jeopardized by mining.
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Albemarle and SQM battle over Atacama water study
Mining News Pro - Albemarle Corp, the world’s largest lithium producer, has accused its top rival, Chilean miner SQM, and local regulators of seeking to keep secret a coveted report about the environmental impact of lithium mining in Chile’s Salar de Atacama, according to a filing made by its lawyers.
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Water rights under scrutiny in Chile’s Atacama Desert
Mining News Pro - In one of the world’s driest deserts, the battle for water is heating up.
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Indigenous groups in Chile’s Atacama push to shut down SQM
Mining News Pro - Indigenous groups in Chile’s lithium-rich Atacama salt flat, fresh off a resounding legal victory earlier this week, said on Friday they will push to see top lithium miner SQM’s environmental permits revoked and its operations shut down
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Green activists score victory over Atacama salt flats
Mining News Pro - Chile’s environmental regulator has withdrawn from its legal battle to defend a compliance plan by lithium miner SQM that it approved last year, according to a filing seen by Reuters, a decision that could prove a major setback as the miner seeks to ramp up output of the coveted battery metal.
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Chile judge calls for water study on ‘fragile’ lithium-rich Atacama salt flat
Mining News Pro - A top environmental judge in Chile renewed a call for a government-vetted water study to help stamp out lingering questions about sustainability that have cast a pall over Chile’s lithium-rich Salar de Atacama.
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Chile judge calls for water study on `fragile` lithium-rich Atacama salt flat
Mining News Pro - A top environmental judge in Chile renewed a call for a government-vetted water study to help stamp out lingering questions about sustainability that have cast a pall over Chile`s lithium-rich Salar de Atacama.
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Off The Wire A water fight in Chile`s Atacama raises questions over lithium mining
Mining News Pro - Earlier this year, the world’s two biggest lithium producers publicly celebrated new deals with Chile’s government that will allow them to vastly increase output of the ultralight battery metal from the Atacama, the world’s driest desert.
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