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SQM flags 17% lithium demand growth this year

New supplies coming on stream to erode the price another 20% by the second half of 2019

SQM is expanding its lithium hydroxide capacity in Chile to 29,500t/y by 2021

SQM is expanding its lithium hydroxide capacity in Chile to 29,500t/y by 2021

But management stressed more lithium supply for carbonate and lithium hydroxide was needed and that demand for those products would continue to grow at "double-digit rates in the future". CEO Ricardo...

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