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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-15-055929
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20150922
FILED AS OF DATE:		20150922
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20150922

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CHEMICAL & MINING CO OF CHILE INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000909037
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MINING, QUARRYING OF NONMETALLIC MINERALS (NO FUELS) [1400]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			F3
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	033-65728
		FILM NUMBER:		151119660

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		EL TROVADOR 4285, 6TH FLOOR
		STREET 2:		LAS CONDES
		CITY:			SANTIAGO CHILE
		STATE:			F3
		ZIP:			00000
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5624252485
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 1.05pt 0pt 0; text-align: center">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 1.05pt 0pt 0; text-align: center">Washington, D.C. 20549</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 1.05pt 0pt 0; text-align: center">Form 6-K</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 1.05pt 0pt 0; text-align: center">REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER THE</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 1.05pt 0pt 0; text-align: center">SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 1.05pt 0pt 0; text-align: center">For the month of September, 2015.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 1.05pt 0pt 0; text-align: center">Commission File Number 33-65728</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 1.05pt 0pt 0; text-align: center"><U>CHEMICAL AND MINING COMPANY
OF CHILE INC.</U></P>

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name into English)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 1.05pt 0pt 0; text-align: center"><U>El Trovador 4285, Santiago,
Chile (562) 2425-2000</U></P>

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office)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 1.05pt 0pt 0">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files
or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.</P>

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the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): ____</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 1.05pt 0pt 0">Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1) only permits
the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted solely to provide an attached annual report to security holders.</P>

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the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): ____</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 1.05pt 0pt 0">Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only permits
the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted to furnish a report or other document that the registrant foreign private issuer
must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized
(the registrant&rsquo;s &ldquo;home country&rdquo;), or under the rules of the home country exchange on which the registrant&rsquo;s
securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has not been distributed
to the registrant&rsquo;s security holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission
or other Commission filing on EDGAR.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; color: #004600"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Los Militares
    4290 Piso 6,</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; color: #004600"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Las Condes,
    Santiago, Chile</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; color: #004600"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Tel: (56 2)
    2425 2485</FONT></TD>
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    2425 2493</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="font: italic 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; color: #004600"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">www.sqm.com</FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>Santiago, Chile. September 22, 2015.-
</B>Sociedad Qu&iacute;mica y Minera de Chile S.A. (SQM or the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;) (NYSE: SQM; Santiago Stock Exchange: SQM-B,
SQM-A) informs that in the coming months it expects the iodine production capacity of its Nueva Victoria facilities located in
the first region of Chile to reach more than 9.0 kton<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><SUP>1</SUP></FONT>
per year. Additionally, production costs continued to decrease, reaching historic levels in the first seven months of 2015 (13.5%
lower than the production costs seen in the same period of 2014).</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">SQM&rsquo;s iodine and derivatives<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><SUP>2
</SUP></FONT>sales volumes reached approximately 8.8 kton in 2014 and are projected to reach approximately 9.3 kton this year.
SQM expects to continue expanding its market share over the next few years based on its low production costs and its integrated
global sales network.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Patricio de Solminihac, CEO of SQM, commented,
&ldquo;What we have achieved in iodine and nitrates production in Nueva Victoria is very positive. The achievements not only reflect
higher productivity levels throughout the entire production process, but also display the results of what has been done in the
research and development area of the Company in recent years. This R&amp;D has allowed us to redesign the production processes,
reaching performance and efficiency levels never seen before.&rdquo;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Considering the production capacity in
Nueva Victoria and SQM&rsquo;s significant iodine inventories of over 9.5 kton, it is not necessary to continue the mining operation
at the Pedro de Valdivia facility (located in the second region of Chile), and therefore this facility will stop operating in the
next two months. This facility is mostly focused on the production of nitrates (approximately 500 kton per year), and has iodine
production of approximately 2.8 kton per year.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">SQM will partially continue operating
the iodine plants, processing iodine solutions and operating other facilities at Pedro de Valdivia. This will allow for production
levels of approximately a third of the current production of iodine and nitrates<FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><SUP>3
</SUP></FONT>at this facility.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Related to this, Mr. de Solminihac commented,
&ldquo;Undoubtedly the mining operation of Pedro de Valdivia has been a very important part of SQM&rsquo;s development. The advances
in the processes and technology developed by the Company in recent years allow us to replace the nitrates production at Pedro de
Valdivia with nitrates production from the Nueva Victoria facility. The decision to close the mining operation and part of the
production plants of Pedro de Valdivia is inevitable, given the current production capabilities of the Company.&rdquo;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Considering Nueva Victoria and the operations
that will be maintained in Pedro de Valdivia, SQM will soon have an effective iodine production capacity of approximately 10.0
kton per year. The use of nitrates produced at Nueva Victoria will lead to a significant reduction in the production cost of potassium
nitrate and will allow SQM to meet growing sales projections of specialty fertilizers and solar salts in the future.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Regarding the long term production projections,
Mr. de Solminihac added, &ldquo;We are evaluating concrete low cost projects to increase production in the long term. We could
initiate one of these projects in the next two years, adding iodine production capacity of approximately 2.5 kton per year.&rdquo;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">There will be about 713 employees impacted
by the closure of the Pedro de Valdivia production facilities. SQM will implement several programs to benefit these employees,
the most important of which is a program that will enable affected employees who wish to relocate to apply for positions available
within the Company. Those who leave the Company will be offered severance packages with conditions far superior than what is legally
required. These severance packages will be complemented with training programs to allow these workers to update their skills, as
well as support from career transition specialists. Additionally, in order to ease the transition, SQM will collaborate with workers
and their families who wish to continue residing in Company housing facilities.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><SUP>1</SUP></FONT>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Thousands of metric tons</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><SUP>2</SUP></FONT>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Less than one ton of iodine is required to produce one ton of iodine derivatives</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><SUP>3</SUP></FONT>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The nitrates that will be produced in the next few years will use the evaporation ponds and crystallization
plants of the Coya Sur facility</FONT></P>


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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&ldquo;SQM values its employees and the
contribution they have made to our operations, and that is why we are dedicating substantial resources in order to facilitate and
support their job transition process, both for those who remain in the Company at other facilities, as well as for those who choose
to pursue opportunities elsewhere,&rdquo; commented Mr. de Solminihac.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">The accounting value (net of depreciation
and provisions) of the fixed assets that will stop operating is approximately US$40 million (2.2% of the total fixed assets of
SQM). SQM expects to estimate the residual value of these assets in the next few weeks and will inform the market of the estimated
accounting impacts related to the change of the value of the fixed assets, which will accounted for in the third quarter 2015 financial
statements.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Additionally, SQM estimates that employee
compensation costs will amount to approximately US$25 million, of which US$8.8 million were provisioned as of June 2015. The difference
of US$16.2 million will be recognized as an additional cost before taxes in the third quarter of 2015.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><U>About SQM</U></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">SQM is an integrated producer and distributor
of specialty plant nutrients, iodine, lithium, potassium-related fertilizers and industrial chemicals. Its products are based on
the development of high quality natural resources that allow the Company to be a leader in costs, supported by a specialized international
network with sales in over 110 countries. SQM&rsquo;s development strategy aims to maintain and strengthen the Company&rsquo;s
position in each of its businesses.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">The leadership strategy is based on the
Company&rsquo;s competitive advantages and on the sustainable growth of the different markets in which it participates. SQM&rsquo;s
main competitive advantages in its different businesses include:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Low production costs based on vast and high quality natural resources;</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Know-how and its own technological developments in its various production processes;</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Logistics infrastructure and high production levels that allow SQM to have low distribution costs;</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">High market share in all its core products;</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">International sales network with offices in 20 countries and sales in over 110 countries;</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Synergies from the production of multiple products that are obtained from the same two natural
resources;</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Continuous new product development according to the specific needs of its different customers;</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Symbol">&middot;</FONT></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Conservative and solid financial position.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">For further information, contact:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Gerardo Illanes 56-2-24252022 / <FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; color: Blue"><U>gerardo.illanes@sqm.com</U></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Kelly O&rsquo;Brien 56-2-24252074 / <FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; color: Blue"><U>kelly.obrien@sqm.com</U></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Carolyn McKenzie 56-2-24252280 / <FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; color: Blue"><U>carolyn.mckenzie@sqm.com</U></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif">For
media inquiries, contact:</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Carolina Garc&iacute;a Huidobro / <FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; color: Blue"><U>carolina.g.huidobro@sqm.com</U></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Alvaro Cifuentes / <FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; color: Blue"><U>alvaro.cifuentes@sqm.com</U></FONT></P>

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statements&rdquo; within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Forward-looking statements can be identified by words such as: &ldquo;anticipate,&rdquo; &ldquo;plan,&rdquo; &ldquo;believe,&rdquo;
&ldquo;estimate,&rdquo; &ldquo;expect,&rdquo; &ldquo;strategy,&rdquo; &ldquo;should,&rdquo; &ldquo;will&rdquo; and similar references
to future periods. Examples of forward-looking statements include, among others, statements we make concerning the Company&rsquo;s
business outlook, future economic performance, anticipated profitability, revenues, expenses, or other financial items, anticipated
cost synergies and product or service line growth.</P>

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based on currently available information. Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, they involve a number of risks,
uncertainties and other factors that are outside of our control and could cause actual results to differ materially from those
stated in such statements. Therefore, you should not rely on any of these forward-looking statements. Readers are referred to the
documents filed by SQM with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, specifically the most recent annual report on
Form 20-F, which identifies important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking
statements. All forward-looking statements are based on information available to SQM on the date hereof and SQM assumes no obligation
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