Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A. announced that on July 19, 2021, at approximately 6:00pm there was a fire that affected two iodide storage ponds located in its Nueva Victoria production site in the Pozo Almonte district. The fire was contained later in the evening and no injuries were reported. The company is investigating the potential causes of this fire, and it is still too early to assess any possible damage that the heat from the flames could have caused to the nearby iodide plants. For that reason, it had stopped operations at two of the three iodide production modules, with one of them remaining operational which represents approximately 40% of the nominal capacity in Nueva Victoria.