Asset Report
Atacama (Albemarle) - Lithium brine
Report summary
Operated by Albemarle, Atacama Salt Lake is a lithium brine operation located in Antofagasta, Chile. The operation exploits the sulphate-type Salar de Atacama and commenced production in 1984. Albemarle uses solar evaporation ponds to concentrate lithium chloride which is further processed to lithium carbonate via solvent extraction. Albemarle applies thermal evaporator technology to increase conversion efficiency and reduce its freshwater consumption. Wood Mackenzie’s asset reports are built from the bottom up, incorporating several granular data metrics to ultimately produce our industry-standard cash operating costs. This report contains a detailed asset note giving you a holistic view of the asset, including an operational overview through to a timeline of events from inception to now. This qualitative analysis is supplemented by the associated Excel download which enables interrogation of a whole series of cost and production metrics over the life of the asset.
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- Key issues
- Pre-production capital
- Mining
- Process
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