SQM: : Outside the box; inside the triangle

• Autores: Myles McCormick
• Localización: Industrial Minerals, ISSN 0019-8544, Nº. 583, 2016 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Mayo)
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Entering into the JV Cauchari deal with the company, Lithium Americas cited SQM's "decades of development and operating experience" and "strong team of technical and commercial talent" as being invaluable in advancing the project.

    "It is a very cost effective process, as most of the energy is taken from the sun," Enrique Pena, superintendent of inventory control and and salar resources at SQM's Salar de Atacama operations, told IM, during a site visit in April.

    The 6% material is transported by truck to a location just outside the port town of Antofagasta, where SQM's Salar del Carmen facility is situated. It is initially stored here once again in ponds, before being brought through the process to create lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide.