Sociedad Química y Minera de Chile S.A. (NYSE:SQM) Q1 2024 Earnings Conference Call May 23, 2024 12:00 PM ET

Company Participants

Irina Axenova - Head of IR
Gerardo Illanes - Chief Financial Officer
Carlos Diaz - Executive Vice President of Lithium
Mark Fones - Vice President of Lithium Development and M&A
Juan Pablo Bellolio - Commercial Vice President of Iodine & Industrial Chemicals

Conference Call Participants

Ben Isaacson - Scotiabank
Joel Jackson - BMO Capital Markets
Corinne Blanchard - Deutsche Bank
Cesar Perez-Novoa - BTG Pactual

Operator

Good day, and welcome to the SQM First Quarter 2024 Earnings Conference Call. All participants will be in listen-only mode. [Operator Instructions] After today's presentation, there will be an opportunity to ask questions. [Operator Instructions] Please also note today's event is being recorded.

I'd now like to turn the conference over to Irina Axenova, Head of Investor Relations. Please go ahead.

Irina Axenova

Thank you. Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for joining SQM's earnings conference call for the first quarter of 2024. This conference call will be recorded and is being webcast live. Our earnings press release and the presentation with a summary of the results have been uploaded to our website where you can also find a link to the webcast.

Ricardo Ramos, our Chief Executive Officer will be speaking on the call today. Carlos Diaz, Executive Vice President of Lithium; Mark Fones, Vice President of Lithium Development and M&A; [Max Vial] Lithium Market Intelligence Director; Pablo Altimiras, Executive Vice President of Nitrates & Iodine; and Juan Pablo Bellolio, Commercial Vice President of Iodine & Industrial Chemicals are also available to answer any questions. Our Chief Executive Officer, Ricardo Ramos, unfortunately couldn't join the call today.

Before we begin, I would like to remind you that some statements made during this conference call regarding our business outlook, future economic performance, anticipated profitability, revenue, expenses and other financial items are considered forward-looking statements. Please note that the same cautionary language used in our press release and presentation also applies to this call.

And now I will leave you with our Chief Financial Officer, Gerardo Illanes.

Gerardo Illanes

Thank you, Irina. Good afternoon, everyone and thank you for joining us today. As you may know, we reported our first quarter 2024 earnings result yesterday. On this call, we will be discussing the key drivers behind these results and sharing our outlook for the year.