{"id":8616,"date":"2024-06-14T21:18:59","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T11:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yinghuiinternational.com\/?p=8616"},"modified":"2024-06-14T21:19:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-14T11:19:00","slug":"greenbushes-bolstered-by-increased-investment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yinghuiinternational.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/14\/greenbushes-bolstered-by-increased-investment\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenbushes bolstered by increased investment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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\"\"OLIVIA THOMSON<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Greenbushes lithium mine in WA. Image: Talison Lithium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An upsizing of the Greenbushes lithium mine\u2019s revolving syndicated loan facility (SLF) has been approved by Windfield Holdings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Greenbushes is known as the world\u2019s largest hard-rock lithium mine and is located approximately 250km south of Perth<\/strong> in Western Australia. It\u00a0recorded<\/a>\u00a0a profit of about $6.3 billion in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IGO and Tianqi Lithium <\/strong>currently share a 49 per cent stake in Greenbushes, with Albemarle owning the remaining balance. Talison Lithium, the operator of the site, is a joint venture between the three parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to IGO, the mine has received strong interest from a group of leading commercial banks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a result, the Greenbushes SLF has increased from $US1 billion ($1.5 billion) to $US1.55 billion ($2.33 billion) with a five-year term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The SLF upsizing will fund Greenbushes\u2019 capital commitments, specifically the construction of a third chemical grade plant 3 and a fourth tailings storage facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGiven Greenbushes\u2019 enviable position on the lithium cost curve and the significant capital investment program underway to expand production and improve productivity, IGO is supportive of Talison\u2019s capital management initiatives and the increase to the debt facilities available to the team,\u201d IGO managing director and chief executive officer Ivan Vella said<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe strong appetite from leading commercial banks to support this exciting phase of Greenbushes\u2019 transformation is indicative of the quality of the project and the strong and sustainable cash flows it will generate through the cycle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the March 2024 quarter<\/a>, Greenbushes saw decreased production and sales due to the management of production and inventory levels in response to the lower offtake requirements by shareholders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the lower spodumene sales and prices, IGO said Greenbushes is expected to operate at full production for the rest of 2024. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

OLIVIA THOMSON The Greenbushes lithium mine in WA. Image: Talison Lithium. An upsizing of the Greenbushes lithium mine\u2019s revolving syndicated loan facility (SLF) has been approved by Windfield Holdings. Greenbushes is known as the world\u2019s largest hard-rock lithium mine and is located approximately 250km south of Perth in Western Australia. It\u00a0recorded\u00a0a profit of about $6.3 … Continue reading “Greenbushes bolstered by increased investment”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[37,6,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-clients","category-mines-and-quarry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p83F9T-2eY","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8413,"url":"https:\/\/yinghuiinternational.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/01\/lithium-drives-historic-financial-results-for-igo\/","url_meta":{"origin":8616,"position":0},"title":"Lithium drives historic financial results for IGO","author":"yinghui","date":"September 1, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"TIM BOND Greenbushes lithium mine. 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