TA&A Ultra Clean Rallies on Approved No. 1 Lithium Hydroxide Plant in Southwest China
Tang Shihua
DATE:  Dec 21 2020
/ SOURCE:  Yicai
TA&A Ultra Clean Rallies on Approved No. 1 Lithium Hydroxide Plant in Southwest China TA&A Ultra Clean Rallies on Approved No. 1 Lithium Hydroxide Plant in Southwest China

(Yicai Global) Dec. 21 -- TA&A Ultra Clean Technology's stock price hit a historic high today after it said that southwestern China's biggest lithium hydroxide project, jointly built with battery maker Contemporary Amperex Technology, has been given the go-ahead to start production.

Shares of TA&A Ultra Clean [SHE: 300390], also known as Canmax, jumped to CNY24.14 (USD3.70) this morning, the highest since the maker of personal protective equipment and electrostatic discharge control materials went public in August 2014.

Yibin-based Tianyi Lithium has obtained government approval to officially run the factory in Sichuan province to make 20,000 tons of battery-grade lithium hydroxide per year, the Suzhou-headquartered parent said in a statement yesterday.

The increased output will help the company scale up and become more competitive, the firm added.

Tianyi Lithium has already begun expanding the plant due to a strong demand to raise the output to 25,000 tons. That phase should be ready by December 2021. Since trial production began in August, the firm has sold more than 3,000 tons of the material used in power units.

The project has attracted a total investment of CNY2 billion (USD305 million). Canmax has a 68 percent stake in Tianyi Lithium, according to public data. Battery giant CATL holds 15 percent of the firm's equity.

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