China's Tianqi Lithium company said on Thursday it would buy a minority stake in Chile's lithium producer SQM for $4.
7 billion, get more key components of rechargeable batteries worldwide to power mobile phones and electric vehicles.
Global auto companies are growing demand and production for electric vehicles, which has intensified competition for the composition of electric vehicles held mainly by Argentina, Australia, Chile and China.
The Apocalypse, which has already built a major lithium processor in Western Australia, will buy 62 units.
Canadian fertilizer producer Nutrien Ltd. $65 per share, 5 million shares per share
Three for Nutrien
John Chu, an analyst at Laurentz Bank, wrote in a report that several quarters of the company's approximately stake were square meters.
Tianqi's failure to buy a full 32-square-meter stake may be due to a compromise between Nutrien and the Chilean government to remove any possibility of Tianqi controlling the square meter a day, BMO Capital Market analyst Joel Jackson wrote in a report.
The former Chilean government has tried to block the deal on this precious resource, because SQM is the second --
The world's largest producer of lithium is second only to the United States. S. -
Headquartered in Albemarle
Reuters reported earlier this week that apocalypse and SQM are negotiating an agreement.
Since 2016, Tian Qi has been surrounded by square meters.
The sale of equity by Nutrien is necessary, following the commitment of the relevant regulations to form the cultivation community and the merger of the potash company in sasksuk. SQM, whose U. S. -
Listed shares fell 1 percentage point to $57.
46 There are also significant fertilizer business in opening up trade to the outside world.
Nutrien plans to sell the remaining 20.
2 million B shares in the future.
Earlier on Thursday, Australia's Kidman Resources Co. , Ltd. said it would provide lithium for Tesla's electric vehicle batteries.