The foreign lobby on the lookout for Chilean lithium
Analysts point out that lobbying has increased due to Chile’s positioning as a player that wants to grow in the lithium market. However, they warn that our country must be careful of the potential effects of the pressure for the demand for «white gold» exerted by industrialized countries.
Colla communities want to prevent Maricunga salt flat from becomingthe new Salar de Atacama
Codelco has presented the Maricunga salt flat as the second deposit with the highest
concentrations of lithium recognized worldwide. However, environmentalists,
communities, and scientists fear that despite the promises of protection, it will be
exposed or suffer irreversible damage, as has happened further north in Chile.
Argentina: Precautionary measure filed by Atacameños del Altiplano community stops new mining permits in Salar del Hombre Muerto and orders measurement of «cumulative impacts»
The Argentine Court of Justice ruled on the damages of lithium extraction in the Los Patos River area and in Salar del Hombre Muerto, in the framework of an injunction requested by the Atacameños del Altiplano Community. The ruling orders the Ministries of Mining and of Water and Environment to refrain from granting permits and authorizations for exploitation until a «comprehensive and cumulative» environmental impact study is carried out.
The greenwashing of lithium mining: trying to hide the damage
We replicate the journalistic article published by the newspaper El Ciudadano together with Fundación Tantí «The greenwashing of lithium mining:
Atacameño Communities Maintain Protest Camps in the Atacama Salt Flat and Raise Awareness about out the Environmental Impacts of Lithium Mining
A few days ago the Plurinational Andean Salt Flat Observatory (OPSAL) visited the camp that the Socaire community continues to maintain in the Atacama Salt Flat in opposition to the Memorandum of Understanding between CODELCO and SQM. The area is located on the outskirts of the SQM facilities, near the community. We spoke with some community members about their opinion regarding this pre-agreement, the visible damage that mining has caused in their territory, and the vision they have about the energy transition and electromobility.
Territorial organizations, community leaders and experts participate in the II Plurinational Meeting for Andean Salt Flats and Wetlands
More than 20 social organizations, experts and representatives of indigenous communities of the Andean highlands of Chile, Bolivia and Argentina participated in the II Plurinational Meeting for the Andean Salt Flats and Wetlands organized by the Plurinational Observatory of Andean Salt Flats (OPSAL in Spanish), the Environment and Natural Resources Foundation (FARN) and Fundación Tantí,