• Connect with us
    • Information
      • About Us
      • Contact Us
      • Careers
      • Partnerships
      • Advertise With Us
      • Authors
      • Browse Topics
      • Events
      • Disclaimer
      • Privacy Policy
    • Australia
      North America
      World
    Login
    Investing News NetworkYour trusted source for investing success
    • North America
      Australia
      World
    • My INN
    Videos
    Companies
    Press Releases
    Private Placements
    SUBSCRIBE
    • Reports & Guides
      • Market Outlook Reports
      • Investing Guides
    • Button
    Resource
    • Precious Metals
    • Battery Metals
    • Base Metals
    • Energy
    • Critical Metals
    Tech
    Life Science
    Battery Metals Market
    Battery Metals News
    Battery Metals Stocks
    • Battery Metals Market
    • Battery Metals News
    • Battery Metals Stocks

    SQM to Challenge Albemarle's Atacama Lithium Expansion

    Teresa Matich
    Apr. 20, 2016 02:20PM PST
    Battery Metals

    Diario Financiero reported (in Spanish) that SQM (NYSE:SQM) will seek to halt the expansion of Albemarle’s (NYSE:ALB) lithium operations in Chile’s Atacama region. Albemarle gained control of these assets when it acquired Rockwood Lithium in early 2015. Albemarle recently secured the permits needed to nearly double its lithium carbonate production in the region, but SQM …

    Diario Financiero reported (in Spanish) that SQM (NYSE:SQM) will seek to halt the expansion of Albemarle’s (NYSE:ALB) lithium operations in Chile’s Atacama region. Albemarle gained control of these assets when it acquired Rockwood Lithium in early 2015.
    Albemarle recently secured the permits needed to nearly double its lithium carbonate production in the region, but SQM wants those permits invalidated.
    Click here for the full article.

    nyse:sqmlithium carbonate productionrockwood lithiumchile
    The Conversation (0)

    Go Deeper

    AI Powered
    Lithium periodic symbol and electric vehicle.

    7 Biggest Lithium-mining Companies in 2025

    Text saying "lithium" overlaid on stock chart with a globe in the background.

    Top 9 Global Lithium Stocks of 2025

    Latest News

    Outlook Reports

    Resource
    • Precious Metals
      • Gold
      • Silver
    • Battery Metals
      • Lithium
      • Cobalt
      • Graphite
    • Energy
      • Uranium
      • Oil and Gas
    • Base Metals
      • Copper
      • Nickel
      • Zinc
    • Critical Metals
      • Rare Earths
    • Industrial Metals
    • Agriculture
    Tech
      • Artificial Intelligence
      • Cybersecurity
      • Gaming
      • Cleantech
      • Emerging Tech
    Life Science
      • Biotech
      • Cannabis
      • Psychedelics
      • Pharmaceuticals

    Featured Stocks

    More featured stocks

    Browse Companies

    Resource
    • Precious Metals
    • Battery Metals
    • Energy
    • Base Metals
    • Critical Metals
    Tech
    Life Science
    MARKETS
    COMMODITIES
    CURRENCIES
    ×