Australian hydroxide plant needs new equipment
Tianqi Lithium Kwinana has recently placed an order with Liebherr for the first LRS 545 Reachstacker in Australia. Tianqi Lithium operates a new lithium hydroxide plant in the Kwinana industrial area, south of Perth in Western Australia.
In July, a reachstacker and two XPower wheel loaders from Liebherr will be used on the new plant in Kwinana for the first time. Currently Tianqi Lithium is in the process of bringing their new Kwinana plant on line, which at full production will produce 48,000 t a year of lithium hydroxide.
The produced lithium hydroxide is a lithium compound derived from spodumene, a lithium-containing mineral that is extracted in Greenbushes, 250 km southwest of Kwinana. One of the main tasks of the new Liebherr Reachstacker is to prepare the lithium hydroxide, which is stored in containers, for transport all over the world. (kd)