25-06-2025
Chilean lithium miner SQM begins laying off 5% of local workforce
SANTIAGO, June 25 (Reuters) - Chilean lithium miner SQM ( opens new tab has begun laying off workers in its Chilean operations, according to a union memo to workers seen by Reuters on Wednesday.
A union source said the dismissals would amount to 5% of its workforce nationwide. SQM employs 8,344 people in Chile and elsewhere, with three-quarters working at the northern Chile operations where it extracts lithium, a key battery metal.
SQM declined to comment.
