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Albemarle delaying WA lithium plans

CHEMICALS producer Albemarle is delaying the construction of about 125,000 tonnes per annum of lithium hydroxide production it expected to have coming out of Western Australia.

A drone shot of the Wodgina operation.

A drone shot of the Wodgina operation.

Instead the company will complete the 50,000tpa plant it is building at Kemerton, south of Perth, which is due to be commissioned in 2021. "We had previously indicated the first phase at Kemerton would...

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