Chile lithium projects garner interest from over 50 companies

More than 50 companies have expressed interest in developing lithium projects in Chile, Finance Minister Mario Marcel said on Tuesday, after the government called for proposals for a range of salt flats containing the battery metal.

Chile, the world's largest copper producer, called for proposals in April to develop lithium projects in more than two dozen salt flats that have yet to be fully explored, while reserving the Atacama and Maricunga brine deposits for state control.