Tianqi Lithium

Tianqi Lithium, through its joint venture with IGO Ltd, has agreed to buy Australian lithium explorer Essential Metals Ltd for A$136 million ($94 million), including the Pioneer Dome project in Western Australia.

Macmahon was awarded a A$1.1 billion, seven-year contract for load, haul and crusher feed at the Greenbushes lithium mine in Western Australia. The contract was announced on November 23, 2022.

Tianqi Lithium Kwinana ordered the first Liebherr LRS 545 reachstacker in Australia, along with two wheel loaders, for its new lithium hydroxide plant in Kwinana, Western Australia.

Tianqi Lithium Kwinana ordered a Liebherr LRS 545 Reachstacker and two XPower wheel loaders for its lithium hydroxide plant in Kwinana, Western Australia. The equipment is scheduled to go into operation in July 2019.

Tianqi Lithium has approved $300 million in funding for stage 2 development of its Kwinana lithium processing plant in Western Australia, doubling annual capacity from 24,000 to 48,000 tonnes. Construction is expected to be complete by late 2019, creating up to 60 new jobs.