Talison Minerals Pty Ltd was a

mining Mining is the Resource extraction, extraction of valuable geological materials and minerals from the surface of the Earth. Mining is required to obtain most materials that cannot be grown through agriculture, agricultural processes, or feasib ...

company based in

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

. It was split into Talison Lithium (as of 2020 a 51:49 joint venture between

Tianqi Lithium Tianqi Lithium Corp (; previously Sichuan Tianqi Lithium Industries, Inc.) is a Chinese mining and manufacturing company based in Sichuan. As of 2018, the company controls more than 46% of the production of lithium worldwide. Production World p ...

and

Albemarle Corporation Albemarle Corporation is an American specialty chemicals manufacturing company based in Charlotte, North Carolina. It serves several different industries including Agriculture/Food, Automotive/EV, Aviation/Aerospace, Building/Construction, Con ...

) and Talison Tantalum, now known as

Global Advanced Metals Talison Minerals Pty Ltd was a mining company based in Australia. It was split into Talison Lithium (as of 2020 a 51:49 joint venture between Tianqi Lithium and Albemarle Corporation) and Talison Tantalum, now known as Global Advanced Metals, in ...

, in 2009. The two largest mining operations of the company were the

Greenbushes mine Greenbushes mine is an open-pit lithium mining operation located south of the town of Greenbushes, Western Australia. It is the world's largest hard-rock lithium mine,Allday, A. (2020). Salt, Lithium and Other Mineral Mining in Australia. Sydn ...

near

Greenbushes, Western Australia Greenbushes is a timber and mining town located in the Southwest, Western Australia, South West region of Western Australia. The 2021 population was 365. History Greenbushes was founded as a mining town in 1888 following a surveying, surveyor's ...

and

Wodgina The Wodgina mine is an open-pit lithium mining operation located 90 kilometres south of Port Hedland in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The project also produced iron ore from 2010 to 2017 before reserves were exhausted. The current l ...

Pilbara The Pilbara () is a large, dry, sparsely populated regions of Western Australia, region in the north of Western Australia. It is known for its Indigenous Australians, Aboriginal people; wealth disparity; its ancient landscapes; the prevailing r ...

Region,

Western Australia Western Australia (WA) is the westernmost state of Australia. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Aust ...

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Talison Lithium Ltd. website
Mining companies of Australia Companies based in Western Australia Metal companies of Australia Lithium mining