Factbox: World’s biggest lithium producers

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 An aerial view of the brine pools and processing areas of the Rockwood lithium plant on the Atacama salt flat, the largest lithium deposit currently in production, in the Atacama desert of northern Chile, January 10, 2013. Picture taken January 10, 2013. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado/File Photo

A lithium battery is seen at a store that collects electronic waste in Santiago

A lithium battery is seen at a store that collects electronic waste in Santiago, Chile, August 12, 2019. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido/File Photo

An aerial view shows the brine pools and processing areas of the SQM lithium mine on the Atacama salt flat, in the Atacama desert of northern Chile

An aerial view shows the brine pools and processing areas of the Soquimich (SQM) lithium mine on the Atacama salt flat in the Atacama desert of northern Chile, January 10, 2013.REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado/File Photo

A view of a brine pool of a lithium mine on the Atacama salt flat

 A view of a brine pool of a lithium mine on the Atacama salt flat in the Atacama desert, Chile, August 16, 2018.REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado/File Photo

SINGAPORE, April 21 (Reuters) – Chilean President Gabriel Boric said on Thursday he would nationalize the country’s lithium industry and create a state-owned company to produce the metal that is a key component of electric vehicle batteries.
Reporting by Carman Chew Editing by Tony Munroe, Elaine Hardcastle
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