Energy Magazine January 2022 | Page 11

Tocopilla port

Chile

This striking aerial panorama of the Tocopilla port has a bigger sustainability picture . Lithium producer SQM has introduced Chile ’ s first high-tonnage electric truck to be used in large-scale mining onto an 86kms route from its Coya Sur plant in María Elena to the port . The 90 diesel trucks which currently make this journey cover an estimated 7,500kms per month . energydigital . com 11