Mining company
NovaAndino Litio (ex SQM Salar)
ChileRUT 79.626.800-K
It produced 236.8 kt LCE of lithium in 2025.
Owners
Who owns NovaAndino Litio (ex SQM Salar), with the document that states it.
Lithium output
Thousand tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) by year and by company.
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 81.3 | 108.4 | 152.9 | 165.5 | 206.5 | 236.8 | Cochilco |
Figures in kt LCE: the company's own output.
Environmental enforcement
19 records of the SMA that name it as holder. The latest 6:
- 15 Inspections
- 2 Provisional measures
- 1 Sanction procedure
- 1 Compliance programme
- Provisional measure MP-035-20242024Sin SancionatorioSMA
- Provisional measure MP-033-20202020Con SancionatorioSMA
- Compliance programme F-041-20162016SMA
- Sanction procedure F-041-20162016Programa de Cumplimiento en ejecuciónSMA
- Inspection DFZ-2026-436-II-IVERDE2026En SNIFASMA
- Inspection DFZ-2025-2438-II-IVERDE2025En SNIFASMA
Projects
Projects of the public tracker it is the holder of.
Mining concessions
SERNAGEOMINSERNAGEOMIN cadastre of current concessions.
568
current concessions
166,552ha
total area
568 constituted and 0 in process; 565 for exploitation and 3 for exploration.
- San Pedro de Atacama · Antofagasta561 concessions · 165,486 ha
- Antofagasta · Antofagasta7 concessions · 1,066 ha
Water rights
Dirección General de Aguas…DGA register of water use rights.
12
current rights in its name
- 12 consumptive: 547 l/s declared in total
By region: Antofagasta (12)
Flows are those the register declares, added by type; the DGA warns that the register does not replace the case file.
SEIA projects
SEAMining projects it submitted as proponent to the Environmental Assessment Service.
7
mining projects
7 approved
Most recent
- Aumento de Capacidad y Optimización Producción Planta de Litio CarmenDIA · approved · Oct 6, 2022SEA
- Ampliación de la Planta de Carbonato de Litio a 180.000 ton/añoDIA · approved · Mar 14, 2019SEA
- Ampliación Faena Salar del CarmenDIA · approved · Aug 1, 2017SEA
Sites it operates
SERNAGEOMINSERNAGEOMIN register of mining sites and installations, by the operator's RUT.
2
sites
2
active
- Planta de Carbonato de Litio (SQM Salar)Antofagasta · Antofagasta · activeSERNAGEOMIN
- SQM Salar (Toconao)San Pedro de Atacama · Antofagasta · activeSERNAGEOMIN
Environmental enforcement
SMARecords of the Superintendency of the Environment that name it as holder.
19
SMA records
1 sanction procedure, 2 provisional measures, 1 compliance programme and 15 inspections
Latest: provisional measure MP-035-2024 (2024).
See mining enforcementLobbying meetings
InfoLobby, Ley 20.730Meetings recorded in InfoLobby (Law 20,730) it took part in.
114
meetings since Jan 18, 2023
- SEA26
- DGA23
- Subsecretaría de Minería13
- GORE Antofagasta8
- Subsecretaría de Economía8
and 11 more institutions
Counts by institution; officials' names are not published.
Mining patents
TGRTreasury register of mining-concession patents, file of October 2026.
570
concessions with a patent
$1,880,512,687
to pay in the period
833 payment forms in the file.
Frequently asked questions about NovaAndino Litio (ex SQM Salar)
Answers built from the same figures as this page, each with its source.
- What is the RUT of NovaAndino Litio (ex SQM Salar)?
- The RUT of NovaAndino Litio (ex SQM Salar) is 79.626.800-K; its registered name at the SII is NOVA ANDINO LITIO SPA. Its main activity, per the SII, is explotación de otras minas y canteras n.c.p.. SIISII
- What mining concessions does NovaAndino Litio (ex SQM Salar) hold?
- According to the SERNAGEOMIN cadastre, NovaAndino Litio (ex SQM Salar) holds 568 mining concessions covering 166,552 ha: 565 for exploitation and 3 for exploration. They are in San Pedro de Atacama and Antofagasta, Antofagasta. SERNAGEOMIN
- Does NovaAndino Litio (ex SQM Salar) hold water rights?
- Yes. The DGA register of water use rights lists 12 water use rights held by NovaAndino Litio (ex SQM Salar): 12 consumptive (547 l/s in total), in Antofagasta. Dirección General de Aguas…
- What projects does NovaAndino Litio (ex SQM Salar) have in the SEIA?
- NovaAndino Litio (ex SQM Salar) is the proponent of 7 mining projects in the SEIA: 7 approved. The most recent is "Aumento de Capacidad y Optimización Producción Planta de Litio Carmen" (DIA, approved). SEA
- Has NovaAndino Litio (ex SQM Salar) been sanctioned by the SMA?
- The Superintendency of the Environment (SMA) names NovaAndino Litio (ex SQM Salar) as holder in 19 records: 1 sanction procedure, 2 provisional measures, 1 compliance programme and 15 inspections. SMA
- Which authorities has NovaAndino Litio (ex SQM Salar) met through lobbying?
- InfoLobby records 114 lobbying meetings in which NovaAndino Litio (ex SQM Salar) took part since Jan 18, 2023, mostly with SEA (26), DGA (23) and Subsecretaría de Minería (13). InfoLobby, Ley 20.730
Every figure is a count or a sum of the records of the cited source under this legal person (by its RUT or its name as verified with the SII); the icon opens the original document. Lobbying meetings are shown seven days late. Natural persons have no profile.
Holder: the legal person in whose name more than half of the environmental permits of the operation's regulated unit stand, according to its SMA file. Stakes are those the cited document states; they are not multiplied by output here.
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