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SQM Weighs Higher Dividend With New Codelco Lithium Joint Venture
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile (NYSE:SQM) has proposed raising its final dividend payout ratio from 30% to 50% of net income.
The company has also finalized a lithium joint venture with Chilean state miner Codelco, focused on lithium operations.
Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile, or SQM, is a Chile based chemicals and mining company with a major focus on lithium for battery production, along with other specialty fertilizers and industrial chemicals. The combination of a higher proposed...