Chilean lithium producer SQM has more than tripled lithium production despite environmental concerns.

SMM8, March 19: in 2019, the Atacama Aboriginal Council (CPA) filed a lawsuit asking regulators to repeal SQM's $25 million remedial plan after officials accused the miner of excessively pumping lithium-rich salt water from the salt plant.

Earlier, it was reported that indigenous groups in Chile's Atacama region said they had just won a major legal victory in pushing for the cancellation of the environmental permit of lithium miner SQM and the closure of the miner's operations.

Recently, the company said that despite growing concerns about the environmental impact on one of the world's driest deserts, lithium production could be more than tripled by improving extraction efficiency under the vast salt flats of the Atacama Desert. The company has been opposed by indigenous communities on the issue of water use.

Alejandro Bucher, vice president of environment, technology and community at SQM, said SQM would extract more lithium from the same amount of pumped salt water through the use of salt water designed to make potash and wells of lower grade. In this way, Chile can increase its total production of lithium from the current more than 100000 tons to 300000 tons of lithium carbonate equivalent, he said.

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