Cosayach

SCM Cosayach
TypeSociedad Contractual Minera
IndustryChemicals and mining
Founded1985
FounderFrancisco Javier Errázuriz
HeadquartersSantiago, Chile
ProductsIodine
Websitewww.cosayach.cl

Compañía de Salitre y Yodo or Cosayach is a Chilean chemical company and a supplier of iodine. It is Chile's second largest iodine producer after Sociedad Química y Minera while Chile is the world's largest iodine producer.[1][2] The company owns 200,000 ha's of land hosting 300,000 tons of iodine and 50 million tons of nitrate in the Atacama Desert in Tarapacá Region.[3] Cosayach has a processing plant in the village of Cala-Cala in the commune of Pozo Almonte.[4] In 2024 the company obtained a permit from National Geology and Mining Service to operate its iodine plant until 2030.[5]

References

  1. ^ USGS Iodine Production Statistics
  2. ^ "Algorta Norte busca estar entre los tres principales produtores de yodo". Diario Financiero (in Spanish). March 19, 2012. Retrieved August 7, 2025.
  3. ^ "Sociedad Contractual Minera de Salitre y Yodo Cala Cala". Guía Minera de Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved August 10, 2025.
  4. ^ "Autoridades monitorean evento que dejó una nube púrpura de vapor de yodo en Pozo Almonte". Radio Bío-Bío (in Spanish). August 21, 2022. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
  5. ^ Arancibia Muñoz, Felipe; Massai D., Nicolás (March 20, 2025). "Sernageomin autoriza operación minera de grupo Errázuriz, pese a controversia en torno a sus permisos ambientales". Interferencia (in Spanish). Retrieved August 11, 2025.

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