# Metso wins major equipment contract for Albemarle lithium plant in Australia

Metso has been awarded a contract to supply pyro-processing and comminution equipment for Albemarle's new lithium hydroxide processing plant at Kemerton, Western Australia. The contract value was not disclosed.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2019-05-28
- Where: Kemerton, near Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 60000 t/a of lithium hydroxide (initial three trains, each 20000 t/a)
- Products: calciner and acid roaster systems, ball mills, off-gas handling systems
- Sectors: [Mining Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/mining-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Metso](https://endata.com/companies/240.md) (supplier)
- [Albemarle](https://endata.com/companies/10514.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [at-minerals.com](https://www.at-minerals.com/en/artikel/at_Metso_equipment_for_lithium_project_in_Western_Australia-3374891.html), 2019-05-28: "Metso has been awarded a major contract to supply pyro-processing and comminution equipment for a new lithium hydroxide processing plant at Albemarle Corporation’s Kemerton site near Bunbury in South Western Australia."

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