SANTIAGO, Chile, March 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Sociedad Química y
Minera de Chile S.A. (SQM) (NYSE: SQM; Santiago Stock Exchange:
SQM-B, SQM-A) announced today that it has filed its Annual Report
on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "SEC").
SQM's Form 20-F can be accessed by visiting either the SEC's
website at www.sec.gov or the investor relations section of
the Company's website at www.sqm.com.
About SQM
SQM is a global company that is listed on the New York Stock
Exchange and the Santiago Stock Exchange (NYSE: SQM; Santiago Stock
Exchange: SQM-B, SQM-A). SQM develops and produces diverse products
for several industries essential for human progress, such as
health, nutrition, renewable energy and technology through
innovation and technological development. We aim to maintain our
leading world position in the lithium, potassium nitrate, iodine
and thermo-solar salts markets by:
- Ensuring access to the best assets related to our current
business lines by expanding our global presence;
- Actively searching for attractive minerals allowing us
diversification opportunities to replicate and expand our existing
mining capacities;
- Strengthening our operational, logistical and commercial
excellence process from beginning to end, while looking to be a
cost leader; and
- Maintaining a conservative financial policy which allows us to
successfully endure economic cycles that could impact the markets
in which we sell.
We are a company built and managed by a culture based on
excellence, safety, sustainability and integrity. We work every day
to expand this culture through the attraction, retention and
development of talent as well encouraging an inclusive and diverse
work environment ensuring the unique knowledge and innovation
needed to sustain our business. We strive for safe and
accident-free operations by promoting conduct that favors the
physical safety and psychological well-being of everyone who works
directly and indirectly with the Company.
We position ourselves as leaders in sustainability and commit to
a sustainable future where we constantly work to responsibly
manage natural resources, protect human rights, care for the
environment, form close and trusting relationships with our
neighboring communities and create value. Within these communities,
we support projects and activities with a focus on education,
business development, and protection of the environment and
historical heritage. We create value for our clients through
established commercial models and the production and development of
differentiated products that respond to their industry and market
specific needs, constantly creating and providing a sustainable
improvement in the quality of life. We will continue to create
value for all of our stakeholders through responsible management of
natural resources, sustainable expansion projects and improvement
of our existing operations, with a focus on minimizing our
environmental impacts by reducing our carbon, energy and water
footprints and working together with our shareholders, employees,
customers, suppliers and communities.
For further information, contact:
Gerardo Illanes 56-2-24252022 /
gerardo.illanes@sqm.com
Kelly O'Brien 56-2-24252074 /
kelly.obrien@sqm.com
Irina Axenova 56-2-24252280 /
irina.axenova@sqm.com
For media inquiries, contact:
Maria Ignacia Lopez /
ignacia.lopez@sqm.com
Pablo Pisani /
pablo.pisani@sqm.com
Tamara Rebolledo /
tamara.rebolledo@sqm.com (Northern Region)
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains "forward-looking statements" within
the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking
statements can be identified by words such as: "anticipate,"
"plan," "believe," "estimate," "expect," "strategy," "should,"
"will" and similar references to future periods. Examples of
forward-looking statements include, among others, statements we
make concerning the Company's Sustainable Development Plan,
business outlook, future economic performance, anticipated
profitability, revenues, expenses, or other financial items,
anticipated cost synergies and product or service line growth.
Forward-looking statements are neither historical facts nor
assurances of future performance. Instead, they are estimates that
reflect the best judgment of SQM management based on currently
available information. Because forward-looking statements relate to
the future, they involve a number of risks, uncertainties and other
factors that are outside of our control and could cause actual
results to differ materially from those stated in such statements,
including our ability to successfully implement the Sustainable
Development Plan. Therefore, you should not rely on any of these
forward-looking statements. Readers are referred to the documents
filed by SQM with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission, specifically the most recent annual report on Form
20-F, which identifies other important risk factors that could
cause actual results to differ from those contained in the
forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements are
based on information available to SQM on the date hereof and SQM
assumes no obligation to update such statements, whether as a
result of new information, future developments or otherwise, except
as required by law.
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