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Fire halts production at big Australian lithium mine

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One of the world’s biggest lithium mines has been unable to process ore for the past four days after a fire at an Australian processing plant run by billionaire Chris Ellison’s Mineral Resources.

The fire began on November 24 at the Wodgina mine in Western Australia’s Pilbara region. Wodgina ranks as the world’s third-largest hard rock lithium mine.

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Peter Ker covers resource companies for The Australian Financial Review, based in Melbourne. Connect with Peter on Twitter. Email Peter at pker@afr.com
Brad Thompson writes across business and politics from Western Australia for The Australian Financial Review. Brad is based in our Perth bureau. Connect with Brad on Twitter. Email Brad at brad.thompson@afr.com

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