The West Australian conglomerate will double production from its Mount Holland mine, but the additional lithium will not be processed at the Covalent refinery.

The West Australian conglomerate will double production from its Mount Holland mine, but the additional lithium will not be processed at the Covalent refinery.

SQM and Wesfarmers inject US$500M each to double Mt Holland output to 760,000 tonnes of spodumene yearly from 2030, adding ore-sorting tech to recover 3M tonnes.