# Albemarle awards $330M contract to UGL for Kemerton lithium plant expansion

Albemarle awarded a $330 million contract to UGL for the expansion of the Kemerton lithium hydroxide processing plant in Western Australia, which will double capacity to 100,000 metric tonnes per year.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2023-08-09
- Where: Kemerton, near Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia
- Value: $330.0M
- Jobs: 400
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 100,000 metric tonnes per annum of lithium hydroxide
- Products: lithium hydroxide
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [harveyreporter.com.au](https://www.harveyreporter.com.au/news/harvey-waroona-reporter/albemarle-awards-330m-contract-to-ugl-for-kemerton-lithium-hydroxide-processing-plant-expansion-work-c-11535816), 2023-08-09: "We are Australia's largest producer and manufacturer of lithium and our Kemerton plant is about to get a whole lot bigger."

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