Talison Lithium has opened its expansion at the Greenbushes Lithium Operations in western Australia.
“Talison was, and remains of the view that lithium will be a major part of the world’s new energy future, not just for mobile electronics such as iPads, but electric vehicles, grid stabilisation batteries, and solar storage,” said Talison Lithium chairman, Peter Robinson.
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“The expansion demonstrates Talison’s commitment to this belief and provides these new industries with confidence lithium will be available to support the new energy future”.
The expansion was completed and commissioned in June 2012, doubling Talison’s production capabilities to around 100,000t of lithium carbonate equivalent per annum, equating to nearly two-thirds of current global demand.
Talison expects to progressively increase capacity utilisation of its expanded chemical-grade concentrate processing plant as the lithium market grows.
“Looking forward to the future, this new expansion will also provide high-quality feedstock for our own plant to produce lithium carbonate for customers in countries including Japan, Korea and Europe,” said Robinson.
