Evaporation ponds in the Salar de Atacama, Chile are featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 22 crew member on the International Space Station. The Salar (salt flat) de Atacama in Chile ...

The Chilean Nuclear Energy Commission (CChEN) has authorised Minera Tarar, a subsidiary of Codelco, to commence lithium extraction in the Salar de Atacama from 1 January 2031. The decision is pivotal ...

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. SANTIAGO, ...

From the Salar de Atacama salt flat in the east to the Cordillera Domeyko mountains in the west, Sentinel-2 takes us over part of the Atacama Desert in northern Chile. The desert runs along part of ...

The world's race to decarbonise has led to the rise of electric cars - and with it, soaring demand for lithium, which is ...

SQM (NYSE:SQM) rose about 7% after the closing bell on Wednesday as the Chilean miner announced a memorandum of understanding with the National Copper Corporation of Chile (Codelco) for the operation ...

The Andean highlands of South America — where Chile, Argentina, and Bolivia meet — is also known as the “Lithium Triangle,” as the region contains more than half of the world’s supply of the valuable ...

Chile's Atacama Desert is famous for its otherworldly landscapes, making it a perfect destination for those looking for ...

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 ...

Using Landsat data from the US Geological survey, NASA's Laren Dauphin recently imaged the Salar de Atacama in Chile. The enclosed basin is the world's largest source of lithium, producing 29 percent ...

The Salar de Atacama is home to two of the main lithium mining companies, Albemarle and SQM. This salt flat, located in the north of Chile, has not only lithium but also potassium and other salts in ...