The region contains an estimated 8.3 million tons of lithium and now supplies 30 percent of global demand annually. Chile has a national plan to increase production even more. But this boom has ...

In the cold seas off Chile's arid northern coast an underwater forest teems with life. Towers of red and green seaweed float ...

SQM is a key lithium producer with unique Atacama assets. Read more on SQM and why it's for those looking for a value story ...

All is not lost as Laguna Verde’s projected low operating cost is still less than half the depressed spot price of $8,400 per ...

Chevron is acquiring land to produce lithium. It's following in the footsteps of Exxon in developing a lithium business. The oil companies are slowly building out lower-carbon energy businesses.

In the cold seas off Chile's arid northern coast an underwater forest teems with life. Towers of red and green seaweed float ...

Adam Vengosh Weinthal (left) and Gordon Williams collect surface brines from the salt crust of the Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia.

Pure Lithium Corp.'s move to build a pilot plant comes as President Trump’s administration sets the stage for tariffs on ...

Chile's Codelco, the world's largest copper producer, will focus on more public-private partnerships to buoy finances and ...