The Colla Indigenous people claim Rio Tinto’s plans to extract the key mineral will harm fragile ecosystems and livelihoods ...

The driest desert in the world has stunning salt flats, epic stargazing, and scenic trails Located at the northern tip of ...

The stark white salt formations are the result of the evaporation of prehistoric lakes. It is located where Lake Minchin once was 40,000 years ago. This unique ecosystem is an otherworldly experience ...

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - A top environmental judge in Chile renewed a call for a government-vetted water study to help stamp out lingering questions about sustainability that have cast a pall over Chile's ...

THIS spectacular snapshot of a landscape in the Salar de Atacama, a salt flat in northern Chile, was captured with a drone by photographer Olivier Grunewald. He has documented the journey of ...

Request to review environmental qualifications for SQM and Albemarle poses risk to lithium production projections. Freshwater influx from beyond salt flats may compensate for brine pumping impact on ...

Chilean lithium company SQM has reached an agreement with state-run miner Codelco to jointly produce the key energy-transition metal that abounds in the country’s desert salt flats. Under the deal, ...

Flamingos doing their thing at Laguna Chaxa, a saline lake in the Salar de Atacama, the world's third largest salt flat. The Sahara and Arabian deserts are justly famous for their oasis escapes ...