A brine pool at a Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile (SQM) lithium mine on the Atacama salt flat in the Atacama Desert, Chile, on Wednesday, March 13, 2024. After a spectacular bust, battery-metal lithium is showing tentative signs of life on speculation the retracement that convulsed the market last year has forced the conditions for a recovery.
A brine pool at a Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile (SQM) lithium mine on the Atacama salt flat in the Atacama Desert, Chile, on Wednesday, March 13, 2024. After a spectacular bust, battery-metal lithium is showing tentative signs of life on speculation the retracement that convulsed the market last year has forced the conditions for a recovery.

Pocos días después de celebrar un histórico acuerdo para compartir la propiedad de una de las mayores operaciones de litio del mundo, SQM y Codelco se enfrentan a obstáculos regulatorios —y posiblemente legales—.