{"id":26977,"date":"2019-01-09T05:26:29","date_gmt":"2019-01-08T18:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=26977"},"modified":"2024-08-06T14:17:50","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T04:47:50","slug":"lithium-hydroxide-wa-mb0891","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/lithium-hydroxide-wa-mb0891\/","title":{"rendered":"Site Works Start On WA Lithium Hydroxide Plant"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_26978\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/lithium-mining-wa.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26978\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26978\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/lithium-mining-wa.jpg\" alt=\"Lithium mining in Western Australia\" width=\"800\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/lithium-mining-wa.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/lithium-mining-wa-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/lithium-mining-wa-768x430.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26978\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image: Talison Lithium<\/p><\/div>\n<p>U.S. headquartered Albemarle Corporation has commenced site works associated with the construction of a lithium hydroxide manufacturing plant in the Kemerton Strategic Industrial Area, Western Australia.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The plant is to be constructed on an 89 hectare site and will process spodumene ore concentrate sourced from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.talisonlithium.com\/greenbushes-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Talison Lithium Greenbushes<\/a> operations, which is adjacent to the town of Greenbushes in WA.<\/p>\n<p>Lithium hydroxide is increasingly being used in the production of batteries for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/electric-vehicles\/\">electric vehicles<\/a> and renewable energy storage applications such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/battery-storage\/comparison-table\/\">solar batteries<\/a>. For battery applications, it needs to be of very high purity (99%). At lower purities, it is mainly used in the production of lithium grease; but also has applications in ceramics and some types of cement.<\/p>\n<p>Albemarle <a href=\"https:\/\/www.albemarle.com\/news\/albemarle-begins-earthworks-at-kemerton-project-remains-on-target-in-western-australia-expansions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> says<\/a> the Kemerton plant will have an initial capacity of 60,000\u00a0 tonnes of lithium hydroxide production annually, with an ability to expand to 100,000 tonnes. It&#8217;s expected commissioning of the Kemerton site will occur during 2021, and in stages.<\/p>\n<p>The McGowan Government welcomed the start of work at the site.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I am pleased that the State Government could facilitate the necessary approvals to allow Albemarle to begin bulk earthworks at the Kemerton site,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au\/Pages\/McGowan\/2019\/01\/Work-to-begin-on-Albemarle-lithium-hydroxide-processing-plant-at-Kemerton.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> WA Acting Premier Roger Cook last week. &#8220;The commencement of construction by Albemarle demonstrates the benefits presented to the South-West and the State by the Government&#8217;s investment in Kemerton.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Established in 1985, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.landcorp.com.au\/Industrial-and-Commercial\/Kemerton-Industrial-Park\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kemerton Strategic Industrial Area<\/a> is located 17km north east of Bunbury and covers an area exceeding 2,000 hectares.<\/p>\n<h2>Lot Of Lithium Goings-On In WA<\/h2>\n<p>While it may not be quite the mining boom seen in the past, the world&#8217;s burgeoning EV and solar battery industry is helping to provide a brighter future for WA &#8211; and the state&#8217;s lithium deposits are playing a significant role in that.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Albemarle <a href=\"https:\/\/www.albemarle.com\/news\/albemarle-announces-definitive-agreement-with-mineral-resources-limited-to-form-lithium-joint-venture-in-western-australia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> the signing of deal with Mineral Resources Limited for an Albemarle subsidiary to acquire a 50 percent interest in MRL&#8217;s Wodgina hard rock lithium project. It would also see a joint venture formed with MRL to own and operate the Wodgina Project to produce spodumene concentrate as feedstock for a battery-grade lithium hydroxide plant to be constructed at Wodgina in two stages.<\/p>\n<p>There doesn&#8217;t appear to be any shortage of interest in Australia&#8217;s lithium from outside the USA either. For example, last month we reported Kidman Resources Limited entered into a Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/lg-chem-lithium-hydroxide-mb0872\/\">with battery giant LG Chem<\/a> for the supply of lithium hydroxide from its Mt Holland Lithium Project &#8211; 12,000 tonnes annually over 10 years. This followed supply deals earlier in the year with Tesla and Mitsui.<\/p>\n<p>At least seven lithium mines are now operating in the state. Lithium mines in WA employed 400 people just a few years ago and approximately 2,600 now.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/publications.industry.gov.au\/publications\/resourcesandenergyquarterlyseptember2018\/documents\/Resources-and-Energy-Quarterly-September-2018-Lithium.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> published in October last year, Australia is currently the largest producer of lithium, in a market that is expected to jump six-fold out to 2027 as global demand for EV batteries grows.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. headquartered Albemarle Corporation has commenced site works associated with the construction of a lithium hydroxide manufacturing plant in the Kemerton Strategic Industrial Area, Western Australia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":26978,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[678],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solar-battery-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Site Works Start On WA Lithium Hydroxide Plant - SolarQuotes Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Albemarle Corporation has commenced site works associated with the construction of a lithium hydroxide manufacturing plant in Western Australia.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/lithium-hydroxide-wa-mb0891\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Site Works Start On WA Lithium Hydroxide Plant\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Albemarle Corporation has commenced site works associated with the construction of a lithium hydroxide manufacturing plant in Western Australia.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/lithium-hydroxide-wa-mb0891\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SolarQuotes Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-01-08T18:56:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-08-06T04:47:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/lithium-mining-wa.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"448\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Bloch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/lithium-hydroxide-wa-mb0891\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/lithium-hydroxide-wa-mb0891\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"Site Works Start On WA Lithium Hydroxide Plant\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-01-08T18:56:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-08-06T04:47:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/lithium-hydroxide-wa-mb0891\/\"},\"wordCount\":504,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/lithium-hydroxide-wa-mb0891\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/lithium-mining-wa.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; 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