Reuters reveals Chile’s parched mines race for an increasingly scarce commodity: water – Reuters News Agency

Reuters shed light on how a record-breaking drought in Chile, the world’s no. 1 copper producer and no. 2 producer of battery metal lithium, is impacting mining operations and forcing companies to escalate their search for more sources of water, from water treatment and pricey desalination plants to even encouraging workers to use less water in the shower.