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Lithium plant builder sheds 400 as China’s Tianqi refuses to pay

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A Perth-based engineering company has shed hundreds of jobs as a Chinese entity refuses to pay it for building Australia’s first lithium hydroxide plant.

MSP Engineering has shrunk from 400 employees and sub-contractors to a staff of four as the payment dispute with Tianqi drags through the courts.

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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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