智利两大矿业巨头拟设合营企业开发锂矿

Group 1 - The core point of the article is that Codelco, the Chilean national copper company, will establish a joint venture with a chemical mining company to extract lithium from the Atacama salt flat in Chile [1][3] - The new company will be formed through a merger of subsidiaries and will cover the entire process of exploration, extraction, processing, and marketing of lithium resources, with a cooperation period extending until 2060 [3] - Codelco emphasizes that actively participating in lithium production is a key initiative to align with global energy transformation and digitalization [3] Group 2 - Chile is the second-largest lithium producer globally, with approximately 11 million tons of lithium reserves, most of which are concentrated in the Atacama salt flat, which has an estimated reserve of about 8.3 million tons [5] - The merger agreement has been reviewed by over 20 organizations both domestically and internationally [3] - As part of the agreement, the chemical mining company will transfer all its lithium mining project licenses and extraction rights in the Maricunga salt flat to Codelco [3]