Insights and Stories on SQM

Chinese firm buys stake in miner SQM from Nutrien

Dec. 3, 2018 at 2:36 pm CST

Santiago | Reuters — China’s Tianqi Lithium Corp. has bought a 23.77 per cent share in Chilean miner SQM from Canadian fertilizer giant Nutrien, the Chilean stock exchange said on Monday, for a total sale price of US$4.066 billion. The sale to Tianqi comes as Chinese companies increasingly scour the […]

PotashCorp Q3 profit disappoints ahead of merger

Oct. 26, 2017 at 5:43 pm CDT

By Akshara P Rod Nickel

Chinese group eyes indirect stake in Chile’s SQM

Dec. 29, 2015 at 12:37 am CST

By Reuters

PotashCorp evaluating SQM, ICL stakes

May. 21, 2015 at 4:36 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel

SQM stock plummets after directors from PotashCorp resign

Mar. 19, 2015 at 10:17 am CDT

By Rod Nickel Rosalba O'Brien

Chile’s campaign finance scandal fells fertilizer firm’s CEO

Mar. 17, 2015 at 7:38 pm CDT

Santiago | Reuters — Fertilizer company SQM has fired its CEO after it became embroiled in an election campaign financing scandal that has rocked the Chilean establishment, tainting business leaders and politicians with close links to the 1973-1990 dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. SQM, which has the rights to some of […]

By Rosalba O'Brien

PotashCorp’s profit beats on higher potash sales

Jan. 29, 2015 at 5:47 pm CST

Reuters — PotashCorp, the world’s biggest fertilizer company by market capitalization, reported higher-than-expected quarterly profit on strong potash sales, but its 2015 outlook disappointed. Saskatoon-based PotashCorp sold 2.5 million tonnes of potash, the most ever in a fourth quarter and up 42 per cent year over year. Its average realized […]