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Allkem, Livent merger: Pressure for lithium to get bigger won’t end here!!

Lithium producers are struggling to keep up with demand from global car makers such as General Motors, Tesla and Volkswagen with the race on to switch to electric vehicles. And the pressure for miners to get bigger is only going to intensify.

Australia has consolidated its position in the ranks of major lithium players withthe friendly cross-border mergerbetween Allkem and New York-listed Livent. The move stands to create a $14.8bn lithium player with mines in Western Australia, Canada and Argentina and processing plants in the UK, US Japan and China.

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