Budget soars to 3 billion dollars! Chile's two mining giants are betting big on DLE technology, making Atacama the global "experimental field" for the new technology in the lithium industry.

According to the Securities Times APP, Chilean mining and chemical company SQM and Chile National Copper Corporation (Codelco) are planning to allocate a budget of $3 billion to deploy new mining technologies in their joint lithium businesses located in the Atacama Desert.