consistente con los objetivos buscados por la Corporación. Julio Ponce has stated that neither he nor any family member will hold a board or executive position in the miner SQM as he seeks to end a dispute with the Chilean government , forcing his brother Eugenio to step down as CEO . The holding companies through which Ponce controls SQM , Latin America 's largest lithium and copper producer , said they would adhere to the conditions imposed by government of Corfo , allowing it to enter negotations over an extension of mining rights at one of the world ’s richest sources of lithium .
Julio Ponce has stated that neither he nor any family member will hold a board or executive position in the miner SQM as he seeks to end a dispute with the Chilean government , forcing his brother Eugenio to step down as CEO . The holding companies through which Ponce controls SQM , Latin America 's largest lithium and copper producer , said they would adhere to the conditions imposed by government of Corfo , allowing it to enter negotations over an extension of mining rights at one of the world ’s richest sources of lithium .