Lithium boom 2.0 drives $4b merger, supply push
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This yearâs lithium price boom will prove more âdurableâ than the last and can withstand an âaccelerationâ of new lithium supply, according to the two Australian listed companies that struck a $4 billion battery minerals merger on Monday.
The combination of Orocobre and Galaxy Resources will create the worldâs fifth biggest lithium producer by market capitalisation and one that is more diversified by product and geography, with ambitions of securing a place in the ASX100.
Brisbane based Orocobre and Perth based Galaxy produce lithium in Argentina and Western Australia respectively and were the pioneers of the locally-listed lithium sector, which is split between those that extract the commodity from South American groundwater and those that extract it from hard Australian rock.