Talison Lithium have a mining and processing operation near the town of Greenbushes, 250 km south of Perth, Western Australia, where we produce lithium mineral concentrates (spodumene) which are exported to global lithium markets. Talison Lithium has completed an Engineering Study to build a lithium chemicals plant in Kwinana, Perth. The plant will use spodumene from our Greenbushes mine and will produce 20,000 ton per annum of lithium carbonate. The next step is consideration by our board which is scheduled for around mid-2014. We are currently looking at possible soda ash suppliers for the project with anticipated construction completion in late 2017, with ramp up to full production expected to take 12 -18 months.
In our process we will consume approximately 36,0000 tonnes per annum of soda ash. Currently there are no soda ash manufactures’ available in western Australia and all our soda ash needs to be imported. We would prefer soda ash deliveries in bulk shipments (7,000tons/shipload) to the Henderson port facility in Kwinana (25km South of Perth, Western Australia). Soda ash shipments will be offloaded and transported to a suitable storage facility.
Specification:
Dense Soda Ash (sodium carbonate), 99.0%+ available sodium expressed as sodium carbonate. Chemical and physical specifications of supplier product to be submitted. The soda ash must be dry, granular and free from lumps.
Quantity:
Annual consumption of 36,000 tonnes at full capacity.
Packaging:
Bulk soda ash will be considered. Talison intend to build a soda ash storage facility that can hold 10,000 tonnes of dense soda ash on site.
Price and Delivery: Suppliers are requested to provide pricing as follows:
1. FOB (Incoterms 2010) price at port of export
2. CFR (Incoterms 2010) price discharge port, Western Australia
Can you also provide some brief description of your operation, capability to supply soda ash to the project and a typical chemical analysis on the product you provide.
Regards
Jan Kapp
MCP Process - Project Engineer
Talison Lithium Ltd
Level 4, 37 St Georges Tce, Perth
Phone: 08 9263 5587
Mobile: 0417 210 188