Construction starts on WA’s largest lithium plant

Construction starts on WA’s largest lithium plant

Albemarle Corp has entered the new year by launching construction of its Kemerton lithium hydroxide conversion site in Western Australia.

Site earthworks at Kemerton have started in line with the United States lithium giant’s projections of commissioning, which will be rolled out in several stages during the course of 2021.

Australian Federal Government finally breaks silence on trillion-dollar lithium-ion opportunity, action needed

Australian Federal Government finally breaks silence on trillion-dollar lithium-ion opportunity, action needed

The Australian Federal Government has broken its silence after releasing a much-awaited report into a “once in a lifetime opportunity” that the $213 billion dollar lithium-ion battery value chain presents to the country with its abundant resources and expertise.

Australia has a ‘once in a generation opportunity’ to become a major battery hub

Australia has a ‘once in a generation opportunity’ to become a major battery hub

Booming global demand for lithium-ion batteries gives Australia a “once in a generation” opportunity to become a major battery processing, manufacturing and trading hub – but it needs to get a move on.

A new Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) report adds to the growing stack of analysis which shows Australia has all the raw materials needed to produce batteries.

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AusIMM survey reveals recovery in mining employment

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AusIMM survey reveals recovery in mining employment

The resources sector is returning to full employment health, according to a survey by the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM).

AusIMM’s 2018 Professionals Workforce Survey recorded a resources sector unemployment rate of 2.6 per cent, a figure less than half that of the Australian average and 11.5 per cent lower than the 14.1 per cent figure in the resources sector in 2016.