SQM SA

SQM SA (Sociedad Quiniica y Minera de Chile SA), 150 Srinian Group, 176 Stabilchem, 192... 

Figure 1.S7 Location of the various pond and plant operations on the Salar de Atacama (SQM, 2001, courtesy of SQM SA).

Figure 1.60 One of SQM s salt (halite) solar ponds, with a salt disposal pile in the background (courtesy of SQM SA).

Figure 1.65 Bischoffite draining prior to harvesting from one of the final lithium solar ponds (courtesy of SQM SA).

Figure 1.68 Flowsheet for SQM S lithium caibonate plant at the Salar de Carmen (SQM, 2002, courtesy of SQM SA). 

Figure 1.70 Second view of SQM s lithium carbonate plant. Processing building to the right boron extraction to the left (courtesy of SQM SA).

Sociedad Quiniica y Mmera de Chile SA, See SQM (Chile), 150 Society for Mining, Mettalurgy, and Exploration, 272 Society of Albanian Chemists, 255 Society of Applied Spectroscopy (SAS), 272 Society of Chemical hidustry (SCI), 266 Society of Chemists and Teclmologists of Macedonia, 262 Society of Cosmetic Chemists (SCC), 272 Society of Eiivhomiiental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), 256, 258, 272, 279... 

According to a report by Roskill Information Services published in 2003, the lithium market is characterized by a high degree of consolidation. Actually, three major producers—Sons of Gwalia in Australia, Tanco in Canada, and Bikita Minerals in Zimbabwe—represent the major lithium mineral producers, while Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA (SQM) and Sociedad Chilena de Litio (SCL) control the world s supply of lithium carbonate, and Chemetall GmbH of Germany and FMC Corp. of the USA dominate the manufacture of lithium metal and hthium chemicals. 

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