Neo Lithium's stock hit a 52-week high Tuesday and is up 55% YTD.

China's steel output crossed the 1 billion tonne mark for the first time.

SQM said it is is making progress in improving relations with the communities that live around the Atacama salt flat.

Company expects production to reach between 250,000 and 290,000 GEOs for the year.

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Native communities that ring the Atacama worry that mining may be depleting scarce freshwater and lithium-rich brine, reducing its availability for people and wildlife.

The measures, which include a reduction in personnel, come several months after the miner had resumed normal operations.