Facility

Albemarle La Negra Lithium Conversion Plant

Primary-source record for Albemarle La Negra Lithium Conversion Plant. The qualifying line is modeled at the physical grain supported by the cited source, with lithium-chloride-intermediate as input and battery-grade-lithium-carbonate as output. Current state was rechecked for the Phase 2 launch-date sweep on 2026-08-18.

Facts on this page last re-verified Aug 18, 2026 — the oldest verification date among its current claims. How we verify.

Location: La Negra, Antofagasta, Chile

Lithium chemicals

Albemarle La Negra Lithium Conversion Plant qualifying line

Operating

Conversion of Salar de Atacama lithium chloride intermediate to battery-grade lithium carbonate

Material flow

Lithium Chloride Intermediate → Battery-Grade Lithium Carbonate

Capacity

No capacity claim. Absence of a figure means no source publishes one.

Qualification

Commercial production · The cited primary source identifies the line output as battery grade or battery quality. · Apr 26, 2024

Sources

Corporacion de Fomento de la Produccion · published May 15, 2024 · retrieved Aug 18, 2026 · archive