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Chemical and Mining Company of Chile Inc. (SQM)
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Chemical and Mining Company of Chile Inc.(Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A.) engages in the production and sale of various fertilizers worldwide. The company provides various specialty plant nutrition products, including sodium nitrate, potassium nitrate, potassium sulfate, and sodium potassium nitrate, which are used on tobacco, coffee, vegetables, sugar cane, and other high-value crops. The company markets its specialty plant nutrition products under the various brands names comprising Ultrasol for application via fertirrigation; Qrop for soil application; Speedfol for foliar application; and Allganic, the family of products designed for organic crops. It also offers iodine for use in various medical, agricultural, and industrial applications, such as X-Ray contrast media, biocides, antiseptics and disinfectants, pharmaceutical, polarizing films for liquid crystal displays, chemicals, and herbicides; and iodine derivatives for use in various medical and industrial applications, as well as in human and animal nutrition products. In addition, the company provides lithium carbonate for use in various applications, including batteries, frits for the ceramic and enamel industries, heat resistant glass, primary aluminum, air conditioning chemicals, continuous casting powder for steel extrusion, pharmaceuticals, and lithium derivatives; lithium hydroxide as a raw material in the lubricating grease, dyes, and battery industries; and lithium metal for use as a catalyst in the pharmaceutical and chemical industries, as well as for the production of aluminum-lithium alloys and lithium primary batteries. Further, it offers various industrial chemicals comprising sodium nitrate, potassium nitrate, boric acid, and potassium chloride, as well as salts for thermo-solar applications. The company was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Santiago, Chile.
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