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Tianqi's $1B Kwinana lithium refinery a world first

AFTER five-and-a-half years and about A$1 billion in expenditure, the Kwinana lithium hydroxide refinery is finally in production.

 Tianqi Lithium Energy Australia COO Raj Surendran at Kwinana

Tianqi Lithium Energy Australia COO Raj Surendran at Kwinana

China's Tianqi Lithium Corporation decided to build the plant in 2015 to convert spodumene from its 49%-owned Greenbushes lithium mine. The company started building the refinery in late 2016 with estimated...

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