The Atacama Desert is a major source of lithium for EV batteries. As global demand ramps up, the local Lickanantay people are ...

New research reveals that current global water models dramatically overestimate the amount of freshwater available for ...

Stretching across northern Chile, the Atacama Desert is a land of contrasts ... These expansive white plains, such as the famous Salar de Uyuni, create a surreal and otherworldly landscape ...

Thousands of foreign travellers visit the geysers, salt flats, oases and volcanoes of north Chile's Atacama Desert. It is located on the Pacific coast of South America, in the north of the country.

Chile's Atacama desert is the driest non-polar region on Earth, where "the sky shines when the sun sets", said The Guardian.

Currently, the biggest lithium mine operated by SQM (one of the biggest in the world) is in Chile, operating under the name of Salar de Atacama, since 1990. The company has been expanding their ...

Stretching across northern Chile and southern Peru ... A short drive from San Pedro is the Salar de Atacama, a 1,200-mile salt flat that looks like an "ice rink of salty seracs".

SQM's crown jewel is its Salar de Atacama operation in Chile, which is the lowest-cost lithium deposit globally. Its capacity expansions at this resource should create long-term value. The company ...

The effects of a proposed green-energy facility in Chile could be devastating for some of the most powerful instruments ...