
FILE - An excavator scoops lithium-packed salt into a dump truck at the SQM mine in Chile's Atacama desert April 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)

FILE - An excavator scoops lithium-packed salt into a dump truck at the SQM mine in Chile's Atacama desert April 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)