SQM's lithium production has increased significantly over the last decade. Meanwhile, projects for the exploration of lithium in the Maricunga salt brine – Proyecto Blanco and SIMCO's Maricunga salt production – had a combined investment of around 1.3 billion U.S. dollars.
The portfolio of investments in lithium extraction in Chile amounted to more than 2.2 billion U.S. dollars as of 2023. Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile S.A. (SQM) had the largest overall planned investment, amounting to some 987 million U.S. dollars. Planned investments in lithium extraction in Chile as of 2023, by project (in million U.S. dollars)
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Comisión Chilena del Cobre. (December 26, 2023). Planned investments in lithium extraction in Chile as of 2023, by project (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 09, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1092498/chile-lithium-production-investment-value/
Comisión Chilena del Cobre. "Planned investments in lithium extraction in Chile as of 2023, by project (in million U.S. dollars)." Chart. December 26, 2023. Statista. Accessed May 09, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1092498/chile-lithium-production-investment-value/
Comisión Chilena del Cobre. (2023). Planned investments in lithium extraction in Chile as of 2023, by project (in million U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 09, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1092498/chile-lithium-production-investment-value/
Comisión Chilena del Cobre. "Planned Investments in Lithium Extraction in Chile as of 2023, by Project (in Million U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Dec 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1092498/chile-lithium-production-investment-value/
Comisión Chilena del Cobre, Planned investments in lithium extraction in Chile as of 2023, by project (in million U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1092498/chile-lithium-production-investment-value/ (last visited May 09, 2024)
Planned investments in lithium extraction in Chile as of 2023, by project (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph], Comisión Chilena del Cobre, December 26, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1092498/chile-lithium-production-investment-value/