A worker performs maintenance on pipes used during brine extraction at a lithium mine in the Atacama Desert in Chile on Aug. 24.
Paz Olivares Droguett for NPR
hide caption
toggle caption
Paz Olivares Droguett for NPR
A worker performs maintenance on pipes used during brine extraction at a lithium mine in the Atacama Desert in Chile on Aug. 24.
Paz Olivares Droguett for NPR
ATACAMA DESERT, Chile — In…