AFRMay 4 2018 at 5:57 PM
Lithium giant SQM backs rush to build on-shore refineries
SQM chief executive Patricio de Solminihac said on Friday that demand from electric vehicle manufacturers and battery makers would easily gobble up the output from four lithium processing plants in the pipeline in WA.
Research commissioned by AMEC found the $165 billion global lithium value chain would grow to at least $2 trillion by 2025.