FILE PHOTO: Atacama Desert salt flats, lithium deposit spots, in Chile SANTIAGO (Reuters) -A protest by several hundred people in northern Chile on Wednesday blocked access to the Atacama salt flat, ...

Cristóbal Olivares for NPR At the top of a craggy path in Socaire, a hilltop village deep in Chile’s Atacama Desert, a black flag whips in the wind above Jeanette Cruz’s house. The desert sun has ...

" Chasing a Plate is in the Atacama Desert, Chile! It's Day 2 of our Atacama Desert road trip and we manage to cover Laguna ...

Chile's comptroller on Friday approved, with some guidelines, an agreement between state copper giant Codelco (COBRE.UL) and ...

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's Atacama salt flat is sinking at a rate of 1 to 2 centimeters (0.4 to 0.8 inches) per year due to lithium brine extraction, according to a study by the University of Chile.

Compañia Minera Maricunga S.a. SANTIAGO, March 26 (Reuters) - Chile's government on Tuesday opened up more than two dozen lithium salt flats to private investment, while reserving the prolific Atacama ...

SANTIAGO, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Chile's SQM , the country's largest lithium producer, on Monday said it was resuming operations in the Atacama salt flat after a temporary pause. SQM suspended operations ...