FILE PHOTO: An aerial view shows the brine pools of SQM lithium mine on the Atacama salt flat in the Atacama desert of northern Chile, January 10, 2013. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Protesters from indigenous communities around Chile's Atacama salt flats, among the world's richest reserves of lithium, have blocked access to lithium operations amid nationwide rallies over inequality, a local leader said on Friday.
The South American nation possesses the world's largest reserves of the lightweight metal crucial to manufacturing batteries for electric vehicles, laptops and cellphones.
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