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Brine ponds from SQM's plant, located in the Salar de San Pedro de Atacama, where they extract lithium and other minerals, in Chile. SAN PEDRO DE ATACAMA CHILE

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Highway between the city of San Pedro de Atacama and the city of Antofagasta, in the middle of the desert in Chile SAN PEDRO DE ATACAMA CHILE

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Corrado Tore, hydrogeology manager of SQM at the brine ponds in Atacama Salar in San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. SAN PEDRO DE ATACAMA CHILE

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A group of international journalists and researchers attend a tour of the brine pond in the Salar de Atacama in San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. SAN PEDRO DE ATACAMA CHILE

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A group of flamingos at the Flamingo National Reserve in San Pedro de Atacama, Chile SAN PEDRO DE ATACAMA CHILE

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Worker at SQM's lithium processing plant in Antofagasta, Chile. ANTOFAGASTA CHILE

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A worker holds in her hands lithium carbonate at SQM's lithium processing plant in Antofagasta, Chile. ANTOFAGASTA CHILE

News Published
Powerful lithium seizure scene: when you want to dig oil did not dig, wait until the battery era is coming
commonwealth magazine
Mar 21, 2023
"The scene of the lithium seizure: when you wanted to dig for oil, you didn't get it, you waited until the battery era came.

The lithium triangle in South America has become the new Middle East as lithium replaces oil as the key raw material for batteries in the electric car revolution. The World goes deep into Chile to see how the world's largest lithium mining company is digging up white gold in the salt lake in the desert, and how Taiwan's ambitious people are fighting with the government for mining rights. In Taiwan, battery industry players and old petrochemical plants Formosa Plastics and CNPC are also preparing for the lithium century.




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