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His remit spans from downstream sectors such as BESS and EVs, through to midstream such as new technologies and battery production, to upstream critical minerals mining. He also leads on financial analysis across these supply chains, alongside in-depth policy analysis.\n","https://www.linkedin.com/in/didi-bostock-656342198/",{"type":561,"content":562},"doc",[563,570,575,580,585,590,595,600,605,612,617,622,627,632,637,642,647,652,657,662,667,672,677,682,687,692,697,702,707],{"type":564,"attrs":565,"content":566},"paragraph",{"textAlign":49},[567],{"text":568,"type":569},"China’s Ganfeng Lithium has announced considerable plans to extend its reach in the lithium supply chain throughout the first half of 2021, remaining one of the most active players in targeting large commitments to build out its production capabilities.","text",{"type":564,"attrs":571,"content":572},{"textAlign":49},[573],{"text":574,"type":569},"Indications of growing investment momentum came in early May, when the lithium major put forward a possible offer to purchase the remaining shares it does not own in UK-listed Bacanora Lithium, in a deal worth up to $264.5m.",{"type":564,"attrs":576,"content":577},{"textAlign":49},[578],{"text":579,"type":569},"This follows an investment earlier in February when Ganfeng announced it would raise its stake in Bacanora to 28.88%; a final decision on the firm intention to make an offer for the complete acquisition is due by the beginning of July, with Bacanora’s independent directors saying the offer was attractive and that they intended to recommend it once the proposal is formalised by Chinese authorities.",{"type":564,"attrs":581,"content":582},{"textAlign":49},[583],{"text":584,"type":569},"In June the company announced plans to set up a 50,000 tpa lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) spodumene conversion plant in Fengcheng, Jiangxi province in cooperation with the municipal government, with phase 1 nameplate capacity confirmed by the company as 25,000tpa of hydroxide, with an as yet unspecified second stage plan.",{"type":564,"attrs":586,"content":587},{"textAlign":49},[588],{"text":589,"type":569},"The company also announced in June it would pay $130m for a 50% stake in Firefinch’s Goulamina Lithium project in Mali. Additionally, Ganfeng is set to arrange debt funding of up to $64 million to develop the project.",{"type":564,"attrs":591,"content":592},{"textAlign":49},[593],{"text":594,"type":569},"As part of the deal, Ganfeng has agreed to enter into an offtake agreement for 50% of spodumene produced across the life of the mine, with potential to increase to 100% if Ganfeng provides debt funding and ensures the project — which the company’s DFS envisaged producing 64,700 tpa LCE — reaches commercial production within four years.",{"type":564,"attrs":596,"content":597},{"textAlign":49},[598],{"text":599,"type":569},"Ganfeng also has a five-year offtake agreement with AVZ Minerals for 160ktpy spodumene concentrate from the Manono operation in the DRC.",{"type":564,"attrs":601,"content":602},{"textAlign":49},[603],{"text":604,"type":569},"In a bold fundraising move, Ganfeng announced in mid-June that it would sell approximately $630m in new shares to support these growing expansion and investment plans.",{"type":606,"attrs":607,"content":609},"heading",{"level":608,"textAlign":49},4,[610],{"text":611,"type":569},"Expansions adding to array of existing assets",{"type":564,"attrs":613,"content":614},{"textAlign":49},[615],{"text":616,"type":569},"These aggressive expansion plans only add to Ganfeng’s already extensive portfolio of assets.",{"type":564,"attrs":618,"content":619},{"textAlign":49},[620],{"text":621,"type":569},"The company currently owns 50% of the Mt Marion spodumene mine in Western Australia, which Benchmark forecasts will produce approximately 45,000 tonnes LCE in 2021.",{"type":564,"attrs":623,"content":624},{"textAlign":49},[625],{"text":626,"type":569},"Additionally, Ganfeng holds a 51% stake in its joint venture with Lithium Americas. This includes the Argentinian Cauchari-Olaroz lithium carbonate plant, which Benchmark expects to begin production in 2022 and ramp to a nameplate capacity of 40,000tpa. The Chinese major also owns 87.209% of the Mariana brine project in Salta province, Argentina as a partner in a joint venture, Litio Minera Argentina, with International Lithium, which has a estimated recovery of 3.8Mt LCE according to the latest technical report from International Lithium.",{"type":564,"attrs":628,"content":629},{"textAlign":49},[630],{"text":631,"type":569},"In another announcement in June, Ganfeng said it would invest $580m in a solar-powered lithium extraction plant in Salar de Llullaillaco, where the Mariana brine project is based, with construction beginning this year, as well as a lithium carbonate production facility in nearby Guemes industrial park with a nameplate capacity of 20,000tpa.",{"type":564,"attrs":633,"content":634},{"textAlign":49},[635],{"text":636,"type":569},"Also in Argentina, the company exercised its project participation right in Sal de la Puna brine project in June, meaning Ganfeng will acquire 35% of the operation by funding some of the acquisition costs for developer Arena Minerals, who is set to purchase the asset from Centaur Resources.",{"type":564,"attrs":638,"content":639},{"textAlign":49},[640],{"text":641,"type":569},"Within China, Ganfeng owns a 49% stake in one of the Qinghai salt lake projects, Yiliping, and operates the Mahong, Xinyu and Ningdu chemical conversion facilities, which produce lithium hydroxide and lithium carbonate from spodumene feedstock.",{"type":564,"attrs":643,"content":644},{"textAlign":49},[645],{"text":646,"type":569},"Benchmark forecasts that Ganfeng will produce 48,000 tonnes LCE of lithium chemicals in 2021, which is around 20% of total Chinese chemical capacity.",{"type":564,"attrs":648,"content":649},{"textAlign":49},[650],{"text":651,"type":569},"Based on Benchmark’s forecasts of Ganfeng’s existing chemical capacity, if the newly planned investments go ahead then the company’s pipeline production capacity could increase to more than 230,000tpa LCE by 2030, nearly 40% of total Chinese chemical production capacity.",{"type":606,"attrs":653,"content":654},{"level":608,"textAlign":49},[655],{"text":656,"type":569},"Developing the entire battery supply chain",{"type":564,"attrs":658,"content":659},{"textAlign":49},[660],{"text":661,"type":569},"Ganfeng has also indicated strong interest in the rest of the lithium ion battery and EV supply chain.",{"type":564,"attrs":663,"content":664},{"textAlign":49},[665],{"text":666,"type":569},"In June 2020, the company took a 6.9% stake in Chinese cobalt firm Ganzhou Tengyuan Cobalt New Material.",{"type":564,"attrs":668,"content":669},{"textAlign":49},[670],{"text":671,"type":569},"Additionally, Ganfeng have established themselves in the battery production industry by developing five battery-manufacturing subsidiaries since 2016, including one, Zhejiang Fengli, specialising in solid-state cell R&D.",{"type":564,"attrs":673,"content":674},{"textAlign":49},[675],{"text":676,"type":569},"The lithium major has also invested in battery recycling efforts, creating a subsidiary named Ganfeng Circulation in 2017 in Xinyu, Jiangxi with a nameplate recycling capacity of 34,000tpa and a nickel-cobalt-manganese (NCM) cathode precursor capacity of 4,500tpa. The company is also rumoured to be developing a battery recycling plant in Mexico.",{"type":564,"attrs":678,"content":679},{"textAlign":49},[680],{"text":681,"type":569},"Ganfeng has also inked a deal to explore setting up a batteries plant in Jujuy province, Argentina, near to its Cauchari-Olaroz asset.",{"type":606,"attrs":683,"content":684},{"level":608,"textAlign":49},[685],{"text":686,"type":569},"Rest of world falling behind",{"type":564,"attrs":688,"content":689},{"textAlign":49},[690],{"text":691,"type":569},"Ganfeng’s aggressive expansion plans in the rising lithium price environment since the beginning of 2021 highlights a maintenance of China’s long-held dominance in the EV value chain.",{"type":564,"attrs":693,"content":694},{"textAlign":49},[695],{"text":696,"type":569},"Importantly, the company’s development of South American and African projects serves to highlight a rapid expansion into upstream assets outside of China, allowing Ganfeng to ensure global supply in an increasing tight market.",{"type":564,"attrs":698,"content":699},{"textAlign":49},[700],{"text":701,"type":569},"Meanwhile, the US and Europe continue to fall behind in bringing lithium, and other key electric vehicle raw materials, projects online.",{"type":564,"attrs":703,"content":704},{"textAlign":49},[705],{"text":706,"type":569},"This issue is even more stark when looking at chemical processing; Benchmark expects 58% of lithium chemicals supply to come from China in 2023, and as such rest of the world capacity is set to remain under half of Chinese output in the medium term.",{"type":564,"attrs":708,"content":709},{"textAlign":49},[710],{"text":711,"type":569},"Given its home advantage, including low costs of labour, reagents, and energy within China, Ganfeng can utilise its domestic margins to make international acquisitions, bolstering its stronghold within the global lithium supply chain, with the rest of the world needing to catch up to secure raw materials and meet surging demand if they want to localise supply and reduce reliance on Chinese operations.","China’s Ganfeng Lithium has announced considerable plans to extend its reach in the lithium supply chain throughout the first half of 2021, remaining one of the most active players in targeting large commitments to build out its production capabilities. Indications of growing investment momentum came in early May, when the lithium major put forward a […]",[714],{"slug":552,"name":553,"content":715},{"job_title":555,"image":716,"bio":558,"linkedin":559},{"filename":557},"\u003C!--#storyblok#{\"name\": \"article\", \"space\": \"\", \"uid\": \"3484633d-f821-4f98-b1e6-aebdbf1edd03\", \"id\": \"\"}-->","article",[720,723],{"slug":721,"name":722},"critical-minerals","Critical Minerals",{"slug":724,"name":8},"lithium","private",{"id":49,"alt":727,"name":727,"focus":727,"title":727,"source":727,"filename":728,"copyright":727,"fieldtype":729,"meta_data":730,"is_external_url":51},"","https://a.storyblok.com/f/287943243085208/75eedd6545/bm-ganfeng.jpg","asset",{"alt":727,"title":727,"source":727,"copyright":727},"Jun 25, 2021","25th June 2021",[],[],1781280291018]