Salar de Atacama

Brine Producing 🇺🇸 US-investable SQMALB

Salar de Atacama, Antofagasta, Chile

Overview

Chemistry	Brine
Stage	Producing
Annual capacity	233 kt/y LCE actual

Operators

Ticker	Operator	Stake	Status
SQM	Nova Andino Litio SpA (SQM-led 2025-2030; Codelco-led 2031-2060)	50%	Producing
ALB	Albemarle (100%)	100%	Producing

Location

Approximate location.

Customers & offtake agreements

No mine-specific offtake is documented in the vault for this mine. The operator(s) below have company-level agreements.

Company-level agreements (operator-wide, not mine-specific)

Operator	Customer	Product	Volume	Term	Status	Citation
ALB	Power Metals (cesium offtake — adjacent critical minerals)	cesium concentrate	—	from 2025-12-01	active	linked source link
ALB	Multiple (CATL, Panasonic, LG Energy Solution, Samsung SDI)	—	—	—	active	unsourced
SQM	Ford Motor Company	—	—	from 2022-07-21	active	unsourced
SQM	LG Energy Solution	—	—	from 2021-09-01	active	unsourced
SQM	Multiple long-term battery / OEM customers (LG Energy Solution, Samsung SDI, others; specific counterparties confidential)	—	—	—	active	unsourced
SQM	Tesla Inc.	—	—	—	active	unsourced

Agreements disclosed in filings; each row shows its citation strength — cached filing (primary doc cached in the vault), linked source (public URL, may rot), vault note (curated note, secondary provenance), unsourced (no source on record). Volumes are as disclosed; pricing terms are confidential and not shown.

The numbers behind Salar de Atacama

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AISC — All-in sustaining cost per tonne, every period disclosed, cited to filings.$3

Production profile — Volumes (100% + attributable), product type, realized price, every period.$3

Reserves & grade — Resource & reserve tonnage, grade, category, as-of date.$3

Cost-curve position — This mine's AISC percentile + nearest peers across the whole tracked universe.$4

Royalties & streams — Royalty/stream type, payor, payee, rate, basis, status.$2

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