BARRY FITZGERALD

Bradford would be pleased

IT is coming up to two years since IGO the nickel company plonked down A$1.9 billion down to become a partner in the Greenbushes lithium mine and a Kwinana hydroxide refinery with China’s Tianqi, writes <b>Barry FitzGerald</b>.

Barry FitzGerald
Tianqi's Frank Ha (left) and late IGO CEO Peter Bradford when the lithium deal was announced in 2021

Tianqi's Frank Ha (left) and late IGO CEO Peter Bradford when the lithium deal was announced in 2021

It was said at the time to be a transformational deal. And it truly was, thanks in part to the take-off in lithium prices virtually from the day it was announced. The nickel company has become a lithium...

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