Chile is the world's second-largest lithium producer. It has been a welcome boon to the economy, but local community members consider it a disaster.

The town of Peine, near the Salt flats and one of the closest towns to the lithium mining operations. 13th of April, 2024. Antofagasta, Chile. Image: Cristóbal Olivares for NPR/ ...

According to the Chilean Copper Commission, which is responsible for generating statistics and reports on mining in Chile, global lithium demand is expected to reach 3.8 million metric tons of ...

Chile's total lithium resources are 28% greater than previously estimated, according to new studies of salt flats in the northern Antofagasta region that show a higher amount of the battery metal ...

Chile's mining agency expects a global lithium surplus in 2024 and 2025 despite production cutbacks, but lithium prices last year were so low that they may have reached a floor.

Chile plans to inject approximately $83.18bn into its mining industry from this year through 2033, reported Mining.com, citing Reuters. The investment marks a 27% increase from the previous year's ...

ByD declined a request for comment. Chile is the world's second-largest producer of lithium and has the largest known reserves of the mineral, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.