Liontown 인수하려는 알버말

지난 번 라이온타운 사려다 실패한 알버말이 다시 한 번 사겠다는 강력한 의지를 표명. 4.3billion을 불렀다 (미국 달러 기준). 지금 라이온타운  시총보다 10% 정도 높은 가격이다. 라이온타운도 동의하는 모양새다. 

 

Albemarle, the world’s largest lithium producer, aims to close its buyout of junior Australian rival Liontown Resources by the middle of 2024, its chief executive said on Tuesday.

Albemarle earlier this week made a revised, non-binding $4.3 billion bid for Liontown as it looks to lock down additional supplies of the key electric vehicle battery metal. The offer is part of a surge of interest in Australian lithium assets amid the clean energy transition.

North Carolina-based Albemarle is already a major miner and processor of the battery metal in Australia, and the proposed deal is widely seen as a move to cement that dominance.

For Albemarle, Liontown and its Kathleen Valley lithium deposit would “increase our opportunity to meet rapid and growing lithium demand,” CEO Kent Masters said on a Tuesday call with investors.

“What makes it a world-class asset is the quality, the size and the fact that it’s in Western Australia.”

 

Albemarle aims to close buyout of Liontown by mid-2024 - MINING.COM