SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's Atacama salt flat is sinking at a rate of 1 to 2 centimeters (0.4 to 0.8 inches) per year due to lithium brine extraction, according to a study by the University of Chile.

FILE PHOTO: Protesters block the access to the Atacama salt flat, near Peine SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Protesters agreed to end demonstrations that had blocked access to the Atacama salt flat in Chile, the ...

Ministers overseeing the Chilean government’s sustainability and climate change efforts have proposed a network of protected areas comprising 27 salt flats and lagoons, part of the country’s National ...

SANTIAGO, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Chile's SQM , the country's largest lithium producer, on Monday said it was resuming operations in the Atacama salt flat after a temporary pause. SQM suspended operations ...

Compañia Minera Maricunga S.a. SANTIAGO, March 26 (Reuters) - Chile's government on Tuesday opened up more than two dozen lithium salt flats to private investment, while reserving the prolific Atacama ...

Chile is the world's second-largest lithium producer. It has been a welcome boon to the economy, but local community members consider it a disaster. ATACAMA DESERT, Chile — At the top of a craggy path ...

THIS spectacular snapshot of a landscape in the Salar de Atacama, a salt flat in northern Chile, was captured with a drone by photographer Olivier Grunewald. He has documented the journey of ...

SANTIAGO, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Protesters agreed to end demonstrations that had blocked access to the Atacama salt flat in Chile, the world's largest lithium deposit, with the promise of a visit by ...