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Economy & Business - May 2025
CHILE: Boric scores with SQM-Codelco but lithium faces challenges
The green light from Chile’s antitrust regulator for the tie-up between lithium producer SQM and state-owned copper giant Codelco is a major step for President Gabriel Boric to heighten state control over the burgeoning white metal industry. But the deal and the long-term lithium plan still face a host of potential caveats.
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