CompaniesMiningLithiumPrint articleLithium plant builder sheds 400 as China’s Tianqi refuses to payBrad ThompsonReporterMar 10, 2021 – 1.32pmSaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginA 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.Loading...Brad Thompson was a reporter at The Australian Financial ReviewSaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginLicense articleIntroducing your NewsfeedFollow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.Find out moreRead MoreLithiumManufacturingIndependence GroupWA China linksLatest In MiningFetching latest articlesMost Viewed In CompaniesThe Australian Financial Review Magazine2 top Melbourne creatives join forces for a new restaurantLuke SlatteryMeet the Australian at the helm of a cult New York ice-cream brandThe watches that do more than just tell the timeBOSS Financial ReviewThe CEO of this $7b company is doubling his workforce – by using AIPatrick DurkinThis executive tripled his salary in 5 years. Here is how he did itHow a banker, coal owner and pokies baron passed the ESG pub testLife & LeisureThis re-released best-selling handbag is now yours for $9450Eugenie KellyDishing the dirt on the world’s best beaujolaisThe must-book new restaurants to dine at this JulyRich ListToorak Rich Listers caught up in mansion fireHannah Wootton‘How very Sydney’: Justin Hemmes forced to unleash charm offensiveBillionaire Geminder mulls asset sales at struggling Pro-Pac business