"The lithium business Rinehart appears to be creating will...

"The lithium business Rinehart appears to be creating will probably need fine-tuning because while she understands mining better than most thanks to the pioneering work of her late father, Lang Hancock, she will need to bring in processing expertise to capture the full value of the metal."

"Albemarle, a chemical specialist, could provide that skill if it remains exposed to Liontown after dropping its takeover bid, as could SQM, which is building a processing business in Australia with a local partner, the diversified industrial company, Wesfarmers."

She knows nothing of hardrock litium underground mining - full stop.




And partnering with ALB, who have not mined since 1982, will make the dumb and dumber complete.

From my MOST least respected mining journalist.