Francis Wedin arrived in Western Australia 15 years ago as an ambitious young English engineer eyeing it as a land of opportunity for his initial career plans in gold mining.That ambition is now translating into Australia’s biggest investment in European manufacturing, in a $3.9 billion lithium project under construction in the Rhine Valley outside Frankfurt.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles