CHEMICAL & MINING CO OF CHILE INC

Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A. (SQM) produces and distributes specialty plant nutrients, iodine and iodine derivatives, lithium and lithium derivatives, potassium fertilizers, and industrial chemicals. Its operations are organized into three primary divisions: SQM Lithium Chile, SQM Lithium International, and SQM Iodine-Plant Nutrition. The company extracts caliche ore and brine to manufacture lithium carbonate, lithium hydroxide, potassium nitrate, potassium chloride, and solar salts. SQM supplies agricultural growers cultivating high-value crops, as well as industrial and commercial clients in the healthcare, pharmaceutical, energy storage, electronics, chemical manufacturing, and electric vehicle battery sectors.

The company is headquartered in Santiago, Chile. It maintains core mining, processing, and extraction assets across northern Chile, including the Salar de Atacama and Nueva Victoria, alongside international refinery and exploration initiatives in Australia, China, Canada, and Namibia. SQM distributes its materials globally, delivering products to customers in more than 100 countries through an extensive commercial distribution network.

Summary of the business section of Chemical & Mining Co Of Chile's latest annual report, written by StockData.

“In addition, in Australia we have approximately 590 employees, of which 47 are directly by us and the remaining are employed through our Mount Holland Joint Venture.”