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across the whole mine to grid supply chain. 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He has a PhD in electrochemistry from the University of Nottingham.","https://www.linkedin.com/in/birdmatthew/",{"type":574,"content":575},"doc",[576,583,588,603,608,613,618,625,630,635,640,645,650,655,660,665,670,675,680,685,688,693,698,703,708,713,718,723,728,741,746],{"type":577,"attrs":578,"content":579},"paragraph",{"textAlign":49},[580],{"text":581,"type":582},"The lithium market faces its biggest ever shortage in tonnage terms this year as labour shortages and border closures due to Covid-19 hinder mine expansions in a market already suffering from a lack of new supply.","text",{"type":577,"attrs":584,"content":585},{"textAlign":49},[586],{"text":587,"type":582},"Project ramp-ups are at the risk of delays that could result in a supply shortfall of around 26,000 tonnes of LCE this year, according to Benchmark.",{"type":577,"attrs":589,"content":590},{"textAlign":49},[591,593,601],{"text":592,"type":582},"That could keep lithium prices high if sales of electric vehicles continue to grow at the same rate after more than doubling last year. 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Border closures in Western Australia due to Covid-19 and labour shortages have created “production challenges,” Pilbara Minerals said this week.",{"type":577,"attrs":641,"content":642},{"textAlign":49},[643],{"text":644,"type":582},"It warned they could hamper its ability to expand capacity at its Pilgangoora mine to 580,000 tonnes of spodumene concentrate by the middle of this year, from 330,000 tonnes.",{"type":577,"attrs":646,"content":647},{"textAlign":49},[648],{"text":649,"type":582},"“It’s highly likely that on the supply side there will be challenges. The supplier response has already been overstated,” Brinsden said.",{"type":619,"attrs":651,"content":652},{"level":621,"textAlign":49},[653],{"text":654,"type":582},"People shortages",{"type":577,"attrs":656,"content":657},{"textAlign":49},[658],{"text":659,"type":582},"The labour shortages in Australia are likely to impact other lithium projects in the country, according to Jennings-Gray. Spodumene prices have risen by 478% over the past year due to lack of supply, according to Benchmark’s Lithium Price Assessment.",{"type":577,"attrs":661,"content":662},{"textAlign":49},[663],{"text":664,"type":582},"“It’ll all be very stop-and-start this year – roster/FIFO (fly-in-fly-out) makes it a lot worse as an industry,” Jennings-Gray said.",{"type":577,"attrs":666,"content":667},{"textAlign":49},[668],{"text":669,"type":582},"Australian miner Mineral Resources said this month that border closures in Western Australia and lockdowns “continued to impact” its operations in the quarter ending December 31.",{"type":577,"attrs":671,"content":672},{"textAlign":49},[673],{"text":674,"type":582},"“Productivity was lower than expected with the forced curtailment of staff movements adversely impacting expected production volumes,” it said.",{"type":577,"attrs":676,"content":677},{"textAlign":49},[678],{"text":679,"type":582},"Despite that, the company has said its Wodgina project, which it owns with Albemarle, will be in full production in the first half of this year. 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