Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (SQM) (IPSA

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Chile

Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

an company and a leading supplier of plant nutrients, Iodine

Iodine

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, Lithium

Lithium

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 and industrial chemicals.

SQM's natural resources and its main productive facilities are located in the Atacama Desert between Chile's I and II regions.

History

SQM was founded in 1968 to reorganize the Chilean nitrate industry. In the course of the first phase the ownership was shared between the Chilean State and the Compañía Nitratera Anglo Lautaro S.A. During the second phase the industry was nationalised and was thus fully owned by the Chilean State. Finally in 1983 the process of privatisation started and was successfully completed in 1988.

External links

• Official website