Imiphakathi yomdabu ehlala eduze nefulethi likasawoti lase-Atacama eChile icele iziphathimandla ukuthi zimise izimvume zokusebenza ze-lithium miner SQM noma zinciphise kakhulu ukusebenza kwayo kuze kube ithumela uhlelo lokuthobela imvelo olwamukelekayo kubalawuli, ngokusho kwefayela elibukwe yiReuters.
Isilawuli sezemvelo se-SMA saseChile ngo-2016 sakhokhisa i-SQM ngokukhipha amanzi amaningi e-lithium ecebile efulethini likasawoti iSalar de Atacama, okwenza inkampani yenze uhlelo lwamaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-25 lokubuyisela ukusebenza kwayo ekuthobeleni.Iziphathimandla zagunyaza lolo hlelo ngo-2019 kodwa zasihoxisa isinqumo sazo ngo-2020, okwashiya inkampani ukuthi iqale phansi ngohlelo olungase lube nzima.
Leyo nqubo eqhubekayo ishiye indawo entekenteke yefulethi likasawoti ogwadule e-limbo futhi ingavikelekile njengoba i-SQM iqhubeka nokusebenza, ngokusho kwencwadi evela kuMkhandlu Womdabu wase-Atacama (CPA) ohanjiswe kubalawuli ngesonto eledlule.Efayilini, umkhandlu womdabu uthe i-ecosystem "isengozini eqhubekayo" futhi wacela "ukumiswa okwesikhashana" kokugunyazwa kwemvelo kwe-SQM noma, lapho kufanele, "kuncishiswe ukudonswa kwamanzi anosawoti namanzi ahlanzekile eSalar de Atacama."
"Isicelo sethu siyaphuthuma futhi...sisekelwe esimweni sokuba sengozini kwemvelo kweSalar de Atacama," kusho umongameli womkhandlu uManuel Salvatierra encwadini.
I-SQM, umkhiqizi we-lithium ongunombolo 2 emhlabeni, utshele abeReuters esitatimendeni ukuthi iqhubekela phambili nohlelo olusha lokuthobela imithetho futhi ihlanganisa izinguquko ezicelwe umlawuli emqulwini osalungiswa awuthumele ngo-Okthoba 2020.
"Lokhu kuyingxenye evamile yenqubo, ngakho-ke sisebenza ngokubheka, esithemba ukukwethula kule nyanga," kusho inkampani.
Isifunda se-Atacama, okuyikhaya le-SQM kanye nesiqhudelana naye esiphezulu u-Albemarle, sihlinzeka cishe ingxenye yesine ye-lithium yomhlaba, isithako esibalulekile samabhethri anika amandla omakhalekhukhwini nezimoto zikagesi.
Abakhiqizi bezimoto, imiphakathi yendabuko kanye nezishoshovu, nokho, baye banda kakhulu ukukhathazeka eminyakeni yamuva mayelana nomthelela wemvelo wokukhiqizwa kwe-lithium eChile.
I-SQM, ehlanganisa ukukhiqizwa eChile ukuze ihlangabezane nesidingo esikhula ngokushesha, ngonyaka odlule yamemezela uhlelo lokunqamula ukusetshenziswa kwayo kwamanzi ne-brine emisebenzini yayo ye-Atacama.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Sep-14-2021