Chile Lithium Expansion Cleared by Little-Known Nuclear Agency
The Chilean Nuclear Energy Commission, or CCHEN by its Spanish initials, approved a request by Codelco for extraction at the Atacama salt flat operation — currently controlled by SQM — from 2031 to 2060.
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