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jan 1, 1968 - SQM (Sociedad Quimica y Minera) was founded by English capital and Chile state as a saltpeter producer

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The main lithium producing company in the SdA started as a saltpeter producer (Companía ˜ Salitrera Anglo-Lautaro), financed by English capital, and became SQM in 1968. In the same line, saltpeter was known at that time as the ‘white gold’, the nickname now attributed to lithium in the media.

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Lithium in The Stack

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jan 1, 1968
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~ 58 years ago
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