Chile says lithium contract approved for state-run Altoandinos project with Rio Tinto

Salt flats in Antofagasta, Chile. Stock image.

Chile’s mining ministry on Monday said a lithium operating contract for the Altoandinos project, to be run by state mining company ENAMI, is ready to be signed.

EMAMI will partner with global miner Rio Tinto on the project. The mining ministry did not specify when the signing will take place.

(By Fabian Cambero and Daina Beth Solomon)

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