Albemarle Corp, the world's largest lithium producer, will take a controlling stake in Australia's Wodgina lithium project after revising a deal with Mineral Resources Ltd to buy 60%, up from the ...
ASX-listed Mineral Resources today said the pair had decided to restart their Wodgina hard rock operation in the Pilbara, which had been mothballed in November 2019 due to then-weak market conditions.
The joint venture is called the Wodgina Lithium Project, and spodumeme ore will be mined beginning late 2019. Plans call for a $1.6 billion lithium hydroxide processing plant to be added at or near ...