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Whether you’re crossing Bolivia’s Salar de Uyuni or the Makgadikgadi Pans in Botswana, staying overnight on these vast ...
The ALMA radio telescope array in the Atacama Desert temporarily halted operations after a rare snowfall blanketed the base ...
The Chilean congress has approved legislation aimed at accelerating the permitting process for mining investment projects.
The extraordinary event temporarily shut down equipment at the ALMA Observatory, and the snow reached the telescope's main ...
As investment in clean energy continues to ramp upwards, lithium companies are struggling with pricing levels that threaten ...
The approval ensures future production and commercialisation once the current SQM Salar contract ends in 2030.
The Atacama Desert of Chile is largely considered the driest place on Earth, but recently saw the moon-like landscape ...
Located in the remote Atacama Desert in Chile, Tierra Atacama reemerges from a year-long renovation to invite visitors back ...
What’s the first image that comes to mind when you think about nature,” asks Aurora Radich, a nature therapist in northern Chile. “It’s a forest, right?” I’m sitting in front of Radich on a colourful ...
SANTIAGO (Reuters) -The world's second-biggest lithium miner SQM has begun laying off 5% of its Chilean workforce as it ...
Electric vehicles promise a cleaner future, but behind Tesla’s sleek designs lie lithium mining disasters, toxic battery ...