ADELAIDE, Australia - Ten weeks into the uncontrolled and continuing oil and gas spill from the Montara wellhead, with anywhere from 10 to 20 million litres of oil spilled into the ocean, conservationists have stopped pulling punches.

SANTIAGO, Chile - Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile S.A. (SQM) (NYSE: SQM; Santiago Stock Exchange: SQM-B, SQM-A) reported today earnings for the first nine months of 2009 of US$251.7 million (US$0.96 per ADR), a decrease of 34.0% with respect to the same period of 2008, when earnings totaled US$381.1 million (US$1.45 per ADR). Operating income reached US$342.0 million (32.6% of revenues), 29.0% lower than the US$481.4 million (35.0% of revenues) recorded during the first nine months of 2008. Revenues totaled US$1,049.2 million for the first nine months, representing a decrease of 23.8% over the US$1,376.2 million reported in the same period of 2008.

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CINCINNATI - - Sustains strong momentum with comparable Q3 2009 EPS of US$0.20; GAAP EPS of US$0.11

ADELAIDE, Australia - Ten weeks into the uncontrolled and continuing oil and gas spill from the Montara wellhead, with anywhere from 10 to 20 million litres of oil spilled into the ocean, conservationists have stopped pulling punches.