SQM Awarded Chile Lithium Concession

Reuters reported SQM (NYSE:SQM) won a tender to develop a lithium concession in Chile, which produces around 40 percent of the metal.

As quoted in the market news:

Chile’s SQM offered to pay around $40.6 million for a 20-year concession. It beat out rivals Posco Consortium, made up of Posco Ltd, Mitsui & Co, Daewoo International Corp and miner Li Energy Spa, and Chilean miner NX UNO de Peine.

Development of lithium has been tempered by a constitutional ban on concessions in world No.1 copper producer Chile. Special contracts for lithium production, however, are legally permitted.

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