Ann: Olaroz Lithium Facility Operations Update, page-9

I'm holding ORE but I don't expect nameplate capacity for quite a while. Joe Lowry (ex-FMC I believe and now lithium consultant) says that they are still very much in 'start-up' mode.

I've also heard rumours that they are struggling to meet battery grade.

On the plus side Albermarle at a recent conference said that Orocobre have a good chance of staying the business and becoming a long-term competitor, unlike many new Lithium producers who failed to survive in the past decade. See http://investors.albemarle.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=117031&p=irol-calendar and look at slides 54 onwards. You can also listen to the webcast and the subsequent Q&A which mentions Orocobre.