La Negra (industrial complex)
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La Negra is a small industrial complex {{convert|22|km|0|abbr=on}} southeast of Antofagasta, Chile after crossing the coastal mountain range, in the Atacama Desert.{{cite web | last=Shalal | first=Andrea | title=Yellen sees big jump in US imports from Chile, eyes progress on green transition | website=Reuters | date=2024-03-02 | url=https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/yellen-visits-us-lithium-site-chile-eyes-progress-green-transition-2024-03-02/ | access-date=2024-12-23}} The complex includes a lithium battery production facility.{{cite web | title=Chile to analyze 81 private lithium proposals, eyeing four projects by 2026 | website=Reuters | date=2024-07-09 | url=https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/chile-will-consider-81-lithium-projects-proposals-private-sector-2024-07-09/ | access-date=2024-12-23}}{{cite web | title=La Negra, Chile | website=Albemarle | date=2024-05-22 | url=https://www.albemarle.com/global/en/location/la-negra-chile | access-date=2024-12-23}}{{cite web | title=Albemarle opens La Negra | website=Speciality Chemicals Magazine | date=2024-07-01 | url=https://www.specchemonline.com/albemarle-opens-la-negra | access-date=2024-12-23}}
Overview
Among La Negra industries, the two major ones are Altonorte, a copper smelter refinery, and Inacesa, a cement plant. It offers basic services for truckers and travelers in general.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}} La Negra also has facilities for the processing of lithium concentrate obtained in Salar de Atacama.{{cite journal | last1 = Cabello | first1 = J | year = 2022 | title = Reserves, resources and lithium exploration in the salt flats of northern Chile | url = http://www.andeangeology.cl/index.php/revista1/article/view/V49n2-3444/html | journal = Andean Geology | volume = 49 | issue = 2 | pages = 297–306 | doi = 10.5027/andgeoV49n2-3444] | doi-broken-date = 1 November 2024 | access-date = 3 July 2022 | archive-date = 12 December 2022 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20221212053906/http://www.andeangeology.cl/index.php/revista1/article/view/V49n2-3444/html | url-status = live }}
La Negra is also the intersection of the Pan-American Highway and the road from Antofagasta to Escondida Mine. It has a station on the Salta–Antofagasta railway.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}
Industry
There is a lithium production and battery conversion plant in the area, operated by Albemarle. In 2024, the facility was visited by United States Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen.
Austin Engineering operate a mining machinery manufacturing facility in La Negra.{{cite web | title=Austin LA Negra, Chile | website=Austin Engineering | date=2024-03-18 | url=https://www.austineng.com/austin-la-negra-chile/ | access-date=2024-12-23}}
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