SANTIAGO CHILE, Chile (AP) _ Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA (SQM) on Wednesday reported second-quarter earnings of $859.3 million.

The Santiago Chile, Chile-based company said it had profit of $3.01 per share.

The results missed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $3.24 per share.

The chemicals company posted revenue of $2.6 billion in the period.

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