Report finds “no evidence” SQM bribed officials
By Myles McCormick
Published: Wednesday, 16 December 2015
An inquiry carried out by a US law firm said that while a number of authorised payments were under-documented and the company’s books lacked accuracy, there was no indication that payments caused authorities to act unduly favourably towards the Chilean producer of lithium, potash and iodine.
An investigation the activities of Chilean lithium producer
Sociadad de Quimica y Minera SA (SQM) by US law firm Shearman
and Sterling LLP found no evidence that the company was engaged
in...