Mr Wedin believes in the long run projects like Vulcan’s and Rio...

Mr Wedin believes in the long run projects like Vulcan’s and Rio Tinto’s will win out over their WA hard rock competitors.
“I think brine is going to be the dominant force . . . there’s been lots of clues as to where the (lithium) market is going and I think with the Rio-Arcadium news this is another clue,” he said.
“It was the speed to market where hard rock really had the edge and in a rising lithium market with high prices costs didn’t matter so much.
“But fast forward to now, and I guess we’re in what you can call the third wave of lithium — it’s all defined by cost of production and it’s defined by scale, and I think brine has the edge.”

quote from "The West"