09/23/2026
🏆 We're proud to share that Albemarle has received the Technological Contribution Award from the Asociación de Industriales de Antofagasta (AIA) for our Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) technology program. 🎉
After more than a decade of research and development, our team in Chile successfully validated a DLE technology tailored to the Salar de Atacama. At our La Negra pilot plant, the technology achieved lithium recovery rates above 94% while delivering important advances in water and energy efficiency.
Thank you to the AIA for this recognition, and congrats to the talented teams whose hard work made this milestone possible. 👏
Albemarle Chile