Specialized media highlight Nigel Wight’s scientific publication on Chile’s exceptional status in lithium matters

Nov 12, 2025

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Specialized media highlight Nigel Wight’s scientific publication on Chile’s exceptional status in lithium matters

The media outlets Reporte Minero and Minería Chilena are publicizing the work of the SMI-ICE-Chile researcher, entitled Chile’s lithium exceptionalism: Strategic legacies and the contested future of the Salar de Maricunga, recently published in the journal Energy Research & Social Science, and which is the product of a joint investigation by Nigel Wight and four other international experts.

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