Kwinana Lithium expansion on cards
The $400 million first stage of the Tianqi Lithium Plant project was now under construction. Image: Tianqi Lithium Australia. BY ELIZABETH FABRI CHINESE-owned Tianqi Lithium has agreed to invest $317 million towards an expansion of its Kwinana Lithium Plant in WA, currently under construction. The first stage of the project was due to be complete at the end of 2018, and set to produce up to 24,000 tonnes of battery grade lithium hydroxide per annum. A second phase would double plant capacity to 48,000 tonnes per annum, and be built adjacent to the first plant, with a construction period of less than two years. Tianqi Lithium Australia managing director Phil Thick said the company was pleased to be moving to…