Sociedad Quimica Y Minera Expects 2025 Capital Expenditure To Be Approximately $1.1B, Including Maintenance

Benzinga
05 Mar

Other guidance includeLithium and Derivatives: For 2025, we expect an increase of approximately 15% in our sales volumes compared to 2024, including sales of around 10,000 metric tons of LCE from the Mt. Holland

Other guidance include

  • Lithium and Derivatives: For 2025, we expect an increase of approximately 15% in our sales volumes compared to 2024, including sales of around 10,000 metric tons of LCE from the Mt. Holland operation. We also anticipate that the average realized price in 2025 should be lower than in 2024, with first quarter of 2025 prices slightly below those recorded in the fourth quarter of 2024.
  • We estimate that the potassium nitrate market, excluding internal production and consumption in China, grew by 17%, returning to 2021 levels. For 2025, we anticipate market growth of around 4-5%, with prices remaining similar to those observed during the second half of 2024. Additionally, we expect an increase in our sales volumes, in line with or slightly exceeding market growth.
  • Iodine and Derivative: Throughout 2024, we observed quarter-over-quarter price increases, and we expect the average sales price in the first quarter of 2025 to be higher than what was seen in the fourth quarter of 2024, when our price reached US$69.7 per kilogram. We anticipate these market conditions to persist throughout 2025, with prices remaining relatively stable, due to limited market supply. Overall, we expect market demand to stabilize, with market growth of approximately 2% in 2025 compared to 2024. Sales volumes are projected to remain in line with 2024 levels.
  • Potassium: For 2025, we anticipate a significant reduction of approximately 50% in our potassium sales volumes due to lower production in the Salar de Atacama. This aligns with our plan to reduce brine extraction, prioritizing high-lithium-content brines. Additionally, by prioritizing potassium chloride production as a feedstock to increase potassium nitrate production in our SPN business line, there will be less potassium available for third-party sales, which will become a lower priority.
Industrial Chemicals: For 2025, we expect sales volumes to be relatively flat compared to 2024 with market prices relatively stable at current levels.

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