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And they're still angling. ... expand existing WA operations or a bit of M&A?


"We see Australia’s spodumene as being a very viable resource to support [our] European expansion strategy,” Albemarle president of energy storage Eric Norris said.


What we haven’t quite worked through is the footprint, what we’d be shipping out of Australia, whether it be 6 per cent spodumene or some intermediate. And the sizing of that, in terms of how big a plant we’re talking about, is still under investigation.


But assuming we’re successful [with permitting in Europe], we believe a strong supply chain would be Australia into Europe. And that, again, just speaks to the significance on a global basis of how the industry can leverage WA and how we as a leader intend to leverage Australia as critical in our supply chain..."


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