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SQM to reduce water use as assembly targets private water rights

Leading lithium producer SQM plans a US$778,000 project to reduce its freshwater and brine extraction from the Atacama Desert in northern Chile to reduce the impact of its lithium operations as environmental regulators seek to turn off the water tap.

Paul Harris
SQM's operations in the Atacama Salar in Chile

SQM's operations in the Atacama Salar in Chile

The company aims to limit its water extraction to 120 litres per second (lps) from the Mullay-1, Allana-1, Socaire-5 and CA-2015 wells by 2028, while also reducing its brine extraction be 822lps. Miners...

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