US Treasury Secretary will see government officials including Finance Minister Mario Marcel and central bank President Rosanna Costa.

SQM, which is closely watched because it’s more exposed to spot prices than peers, sees stable prices in the short term and as is more positive after that.

Syrah will supply 2 kilotonnes of natural graphite per month in the year following commissioning.

Nickel prices plunged by around 45% last year, and dipped briefly below $16,000 a ton earlier this month.

Chinese firms put $28.2 billion into EV-related industries last year.

A total of 18 critical mineral blocks, including tungsten, vanadium, cobalt and nickel, will be auctioned in eight states across the country.

The company said it expected lithium sales volumes to increase 5%-10% this year.

Chile’s government expects to lay out by March the broad terms of lithium contracts to be offered under a new public-private partnership model.