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Ampliación de la Planta de Carbonato de Litio a 180.000 ton/año (SQM Salar)

Project facts

Stage
OperatingSMA
Sponsor
NovaAndino Litio (ex SQM Salar)SMA
Region
AntofagastaSMA
Commodities
LithiumSMA
Type
ExpansionSMA
Estimated start-up
No data yet
SEIA / RCA
RCA · Approved as of Sep 28, 2026SMA

Estimated investment

No data yet

Cochilco project sheet, 2022

Cochilco · p. 85

What Cochilco's 2022 investment portfolio report says about this project (page 85), in its own words. The text is in Spanish, as published.

Resources
Sin información disponible.
Capacidad de producción
Carbonato de litio en +110 ktpa.
Estimated investment
MMUS$ 450.
Seawater
No considera.
Workforce
600 trabajadores en etapa de construcción y 240 en etapa de operación.
Status according to Cochilco (2022)
Actualmente en construcción y con puesta en marcha presupuestada para fines de 2022

This is that year's report. Where a newer source exists, the project's current figures are in their own sections.

Sources

Documents cited on this page.