Resumen de SQM lithium revenues for Q1-Q3 up 7.7% despite lower sales

Martim Facada, Michael Greenfield

• SQM reported lower quarter-on-quarter lithium sales despite strong prices for iodine and lithium and delays in production expansion.

  Chilean lithium and iodine producer Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile (SQM) increased its revenue from lithium and derivatives by 7.7% to $500.9 million in the nine months ended in September 2018, compared with $465.2 million in the corresponding months of the year before.