Salares Altoandinos: Agency Approves Enami the Highest Quota of Lithium Delivered After the Atacama Salt

La Tercera

Lean Right

Factuality

Ownership

The Chilean Commission of Nuclear Energy (CChEN) gave the green light to the initial lithium extraction quota for the Alto Andean Salares project of the National Mining Company (Enami). The agency approved an initial extraction quota of 545 thousand metric tons of LME (equivalent metallic lithium) up to 2060. This can be extended to a maximum of 1,220,000 metric tons. Enami considers this to be the largest quota delivered outside the Atacama Sal…