Chile Advances as World Leader in Lithium Extraction

ATACAMA SALT FLAT, CHILE - JULY 29: Aerial view of lithium mining pits in Atacama Salt Flat, Chile, on July 29, 2024. Chile is the world's leading lithium mining and exporting country, seeking to meet the growing global demand for lithium carbonate. To do so, Chile's state-owned Corporación Nacional del Cobre (Codelco) signed an agreement with private Sociedad Química y Minera (SQM), which has the permits to mine lithium in the Salar de Atacama (north), whose partnership will make Chile the world's leading mining company. (Photo by Lucas Aguayo Araos/Anadolu via Getty Images)