Sociedad Quimica Y Minera
Specialty Chemicals
Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile is a Chilean commodities producer with significant operations in lithium (primarily used in batteries for electric vehicles and energy storage systems), specialty and standard potassium fertilizers, iodine (primarily used in X-ray contrast media), and solar salts. The company extracts these materials through its high-quality salt brine deposits and caliche ore. SQM is developing a hard rock lithium project in Australia and expanding its lithium refining assets in China.

$10.2B

Market Cap • 4/24/2025

1968

(57 years)

Founded

1993

(32 years ago)

IPO

NYSE

Listing Exchange

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Santiago

Headquarters