C hile's Atacama salt flat is sinking at a rate of 1-2 centimeters per year due to lithium brine extraction, Reuters reported Thursday, citing a study by the University of Chile that used ...

Travelers can get to the Bolivia salt flats from Peru, Chile, and Argentina quite easily. From those countries, the most ...

“An anticipated state participation in the Atacama salt flat will be the result of an agreement with those who currently have the rights to exploit the lithium,” Boric said while instructing ...

This would host the second-largest concentration of lithium in salt flats on the planet after the Salar de Atacama. ”We are happy with the results and the future that is beginning to be drawn in ...

A working group overseen by the mining ministry is set to review the applications over the next 45 business days. Bidders included a consortium comprising Eramet, Quiborax, and st ...

About 700 miles long, the Atacama Desert features sand dunes and low, coastal mountains of dry rock that descend into salt flats. It is also the driest place on the planet. In this harsh landscape ...