Chilean government will not block a foreign takeover of SQM
By Myles McCormick
Published: Monday, 07 March 2016
The country’s environment minister has said that offers from abroad will not be stopped as speculation mounts over the purchase of a stake put up for sale late last year.
Authorities in Chile will not interfere
with any attempt from abroad to take control of lithium, potash
and iodine producer
Sociedad de Quimica y Minera SA (SQM).
The country’s mining minister, Aurora Williams,
made the announcement, reported by Reuters newswire, at the
Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC)
conference in Toronto yesterday....