"These agreements are important steps in our continued commitment to invest in new capacity that will support our customers' growth plans," said
With these agreements, Albemarle will move forward with its design, engineering and permitting plans to build a conversion plant at each site, each of which has planned production capacity initially targeting 50,000 metric tons lithium hydroxide per annum. Subject to additional studies and approvals, it is expected these plants would start construction during 2022 and complete construction by the end of 2024.
"We are excited to work with our local teams in
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