SQM ( SQM ) is reportedly considering an investigation into potential fraud of lithium exports by miners Albemarle and SQM , following a between 1984 and 2015 internal inquiry that uncovered "significant errors", as well as inconsistencies and omissions in sales accounts two-year . The internal review suggests that the agency had at times inaccurately tracked the amount and location of lithium exported. CCHEN in September denied a request to triple production from Albemarle, the world’s top producer of lithium, citing, in part, uncertainty over how much lithium the company had already mined. The investigation would enable the agency to figure out if the omissions were deliberate. Albemarle declined to comment on the matter and Chilean watchdog Comision Chilena de Energia Nuclear said it had not detected any irregularities in its records.
SQM ( SQM ) is reportedly considering an investigation into potential fraud of lithium exports by miners Albemarle and SQM , following a between 1984 and 2015 internal inquiry that uncovered "significant errors", as well as inconsistencies and omissions in sales accounts two-year . The internal review suggests that the agency had at times inaccurately tracked the amount and location of lithium exported. The investigation would enable the agency to figure out if the omissions were deliberate. Albemarle declined to comment on the matter and Chilean watchdog Comision Chilena de Energia Nuclear said it had not detected any irregularities in its records.