Salar de Hombre Muerto, Argentina

Salar de Hombre Muerto, Argentina Silver Peak, NV, USA... 

The lithium carbonate production capacity of various companies over the years to 2002 is listed in Table 1.43. The primary producers in 2002 were (1) SQM Chemicals, with a capacity of 22,000 mt/yr of LCE from the Salar de Atacama in Chile. (2) Chemetall GmbH (who acquired the former Cyprus Foote Minerals) with 16,000 mt/yr capacity on the Salar de Atacama, and 5700 mt/yr from Clayton Valley in Nevada. And (3) FMC with 20,000 mt/yr of idle capacity from the Salar de Hombre Muerto, Argentina (Jarvis, 2000 Sailer and O Driscoll, 2000). 

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