SANTIAGO CHILE, Chile (AP) — SANTIAGO CHILE, Chile (AP) — Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA (SQM) on Tuesday reported second-quarter earnings of $660 million.

The Santiago Chile, Chile-based company said it had net income of $2.31 per share.

The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $2.03 per share.

The chemicals company posted revenue of $2.47 billion in the period.

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