# UGL awarded AUD 600M in lithium and energy contracts in Western Australia

HOCHTIEF subsidiary UGL has been awarded contracts worth over AUD 600 million in Western Australia, including construction services at Albemarle's Kemerton lithium hydroxide plant expansion and four energy supply contracts.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2023-08-09
- Where: Western Australia, near Bunbury, Australia
- Value: $390.0M (600.0M AUD)
- Jobs: 400
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 100,000 metric tonnes per annum
- Products: lithium hydroxide, energy supply
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [UGL](https://endata.com/companies/20196.md)
- [Albemarle](https://endata.com/companies/10514.md) (customer)
- [CIMIC Group](https://endata.com/companies/20208.md) (partner)
- [HOCHTIEF](https://endata.com/companies/22621.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [hochtief.com](https://www.hochtief.com/news-media/press-releases/press-release/hochtief-subsidiary-ugl-awarded-over-aud-600-million-in-lithium-and-energy-contracts-in-western-australia), 2023-08-09: "We are proud to grow our presence in Western Australia and to play a part in expanding high tech infrastructure and lithium refining in Australia."
- [qmeb.com.au](https://www.qmeb.com.au/contract-awarded-for-mining-infrastructure-project/), 2023-08-14: "We are pleased to support Albemarle's expansion plans at the Kemerton lithium hydroxide plant."

---
Data from Endata (https://endata.com/). Announcements are summarized from public sources and may be incomplete; check the linked originals.