Kemerton
Project information
As at 31 December 2025
Type:
Processing Facility
Type:
Processing Facility
Aggregation level:
Asset
Aggregation level:
Asset
Status:
Suspended
Status:
Suspended
Report standard:
-
Report standard:
-
Ownership %:
100
Ownership %:
100
Operator:
Yes
Operator:
Yes
Extraction:
Processing Facility
Extraction:
Processing Facility
Country:
Australia
Country:
Australia
Region:
Western Australia
Region:
Western Australia
Facility kind:
-
Facility kind:
-
Licensed capacity:
-
Licensed capacity:
-
Capacity unit:
-
Capacity unit:
-
Capacity period:
-
Capacity period:
-
Capacity kind:
-
Capacity kind:
-
Description
As at 31 December 2025
Lithium hydroxide conversion plant near Bunbury, Western Australia, wholly owned since the October 2023 MARBL restructuring (remaining 40% acquired from MRL; ~$180M consideration within a ~$380M payment). Construction of Trains 3 and 4 was stopped and Train 2 placed into care and maintenance in 2024; in February 2026 Albemarle announced Train 1 would also be placed into care and maintenance (estimated $150-225M of cash charges, primarily decommissioning, contract cancellation, severance and asset disposal costs), leaving both constructed trains idle with production transferred to other facilities.
Processing facilities
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