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Identification and Activities of the Company and Subsidiaries (Tables)
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Disclosure of Identification and Activities of the Company and Subsidiaries [Abstract]  
Disclosure of information about employees [text block]
As of December 31, 2018, and December 31, 2017, the workforce was as follows:
 
 
 
12/31/2018
 
 
12/31/2017
 
Employees
 
SQM S.A.
 
 
Other
subsidiaries
 
 
Total
 
 
SQM S.A.
 
 
Other
subsidiaries
 
 
Total
 
Executives
 
 
33
 
 
 
89
 
 
 
122
 
 
 
43
 
 
 
77
 
 
 
120
 
Professionals
 
 
115
 
 
 
1,078
 
 
 
1,193
 
 
 
143
 
 
 
942
 
 
 
1,085
 
Technicians and operators
 
 
260
 
 
 
3,287
 
 
 
3,547
 
 
 
248
 
 
 
3,177
 
 
 
3,425
 
Foreign employees
 
 
11
 
 
 
417
 
 
 
428
 
 
 
19
 
 
 
272
 
 
 
291
 
Overall total
 
 
419
 
 
 
4,871
 
 
 
5,290
 
 
 
453
 
 
 
4,468
 
 
 
4,921
 
Schedule of Shareholders stock and Ownership Percentage [Text Block] The following information is derived from our registry and reports managed by the Central Securities Depository and informed to the CMF and the Chilean Stock Exchanges.
 
Shareholder as of December 31, 2018
 
No, of Series A with
ownership
 
 
% of Series A shares
 
 
No, of Series B with
ownership
 
 
% of Series B
shares
 
 
% of total shares
 
Inversiones TLC SPA                                         
 
 
62,556,568
 
 
 
43.80
%
 
 
-
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
23.77
%
Sociedad de Inversiones Pampa Calichera S.A. (*)
 
 
44,894,152
 
 
 
31.43
%
 
 
10,093,154
 
 
 
8.38
%
 
 
20.89
%
The Bank of New York Mellon, ADRs
 
 
-
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
35,254,267
 
 
 
29.29
%
 
 
13.39
%
Potasios de Chile S.A. (*)
 
 
18,179,147
 
 
 
12.73
%
 
 
-
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
6.91
%
Banco de Chile via non-resident third party accounts
 
 
15,687
 
 
 
0.01
%
 
 
10,703,812
 
 
 
8.89
%
 
 
4.07
%
Inversiones Global Mining (Chile) Limitada (*)
 
 
8,798,539
 
 
 
6.16
%
 
 
-
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
3.34
%
Banco Itaú through Corpbanca on behalf of foreign investors
 
 
-
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
8,085,730
 
 
 
6.72
%
 
 
3.07
%
Banco Santander via foreign investor accounts
 
 
-
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
7,138,685
 
 
 
5.93
%
 
 
2.71
%
Banchile C de B S A
 
 
528,092
 
 
 
0.37
%
 
 
4,028,611
 
 
 
3.35
%
 
 
1.73
%
Inversiones la Esperanza de Chile Limitada
 
 
3,711,598
 
 
 
2.60
%
 
 
46,500
 
 
 
0.04
%
 
 
1.43
%
 
(*) Total Pampa Group
32
% (
2.247.895
Series B shares are in the custody of different brokers).
 
Shareholder as of December 31, 2017
 
No, of Series A with
ownership
 
 
% of Series A shares
 
 
No, of Series B with
ownership
 
 
% of Series B
shares
 
 
% of total shares
 
The Bank of New York Mellon, ADRs
 
 
-
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
54,599,961
 
 
 
45.36
%
 
 
20.74
%
Sociedad de Inversiones Pampa Calichera S.A. (*)
 
 
44,894,152
 
 
 
31.43
%
 
 
7,007,688
 
 
 
5.82
%
 
 
19.72
%
Inversiones El Boldo Limitada
 
 
29,330,326
 
 
 
20.54
%
 
 
16,363,546
 
 
 
13.59
%
 
 
17.36
%
Inversiones RAC Chile Limitada
 
 
19,200,242
 
 
 
13.44
%
 
 
2,202,773
 
 
 
1.83
%
 
 
8.13
%
Potasios de Chile S.A. (*)
 
 
18,179,147
 
 
 
12.73
%
 
 
-
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
6.91
%
Inversiones PCS Chile Limitada
 
 
15,526,000
 
 
 
10.87
%
 
 
1,600,000
 
 
 
1.33
%
 
 
6.51
%
Inversiones Global Mining (Chile) Limitada (*)
 
 
8,798,539
 
 
 
6.16
%
 
 
-
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
3.34
%
Banco de Chile via non-resident third party accounts
 
 
-
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
8,394,289
 
 
 
6.97
%
 
 
3.19
%
Banco Itau via Investor Accounts
 
 
19,125
 
 
 
0.01
%
 
 
7,017,504
 
 
 
5.83
%
 
 
2.67
%
Banco Santander via foreign investor accounts
 
 
-
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
4,593,336
 
 
 
3.82
%
 
 
1.75
%
 
(*) Total Pampa Group
29,97
%