Editing Lithium hydroxide (section)

==Commercial setting==
According to Bloomberg, [[Ganfeng Lithium Co. Ltd.]]<ref name=":0" /> (GFL or Ganfeng)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ganfeng Lithium Group|url=http://www.ganfenglithium.com/about1_en.html|access-date=25 March 2021|website=[[Ganfeng Lithium]]}}</ref> and [[Albemarle Corporation|Albemarle]] were the largest producers in 2020 with around 25kt/y, followed by Livent Corporation (FMC) and [[Sociedad Química y Minera|SQM]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web|title=China's Ganfeng to Be Largest Lithium Hydroxide Producer|url=https://about.bnef.com/blog/chinas-ganfeng-to-be-largest-lithium-hydroxide-producer/|website=BloombergNEF|access-date=4 December 2020|date=10 September 2020}}</ref> Significant new capacity is planned, to keep pace with demand driven by vehicle electrification. Ganfeng are to expand lithium chemical capacity to 85,000 tons, adding the capacity leased from Jiangte, Ganfeng will become the largest lithium hydroxide producer globally in 2021.<ref name=":0" />

Albemarle's [[Kemerton, Western Australia]] plant, originally planned to deliver 100kt/y has been scaled back to 50kt/y.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stephens |first1=Kate |last2=Lynch |first2=Jacqueline |title=Slowing demand for lithium sees WA's largest refinery scaled back |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-27/wa-lithium-refinery-hiring-fewer-workers-than-expected/12599184 |work=ABC.net.au |date=27 August 2020 }}</ref>

In 2020 [[Tianqi Lithium|Tianqi Lithium's]], plant in [[City of Kwinana|Kwinana, Western Australia]] was the largest producer, with a capacity of 48kt/y.<ref>{{cite web |title=Largest of its kind lithium hydroxide plant launched in Kwinana |url=https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/McGowan/2019/09/Largest-of-its-kind-lithium-hydroxide-plant-launched-in-Kwinana.aspx |website=Government of Western Australia |date=10 September 2019 |archive-date=17 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230217040250/https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/McGowan/2019/09/Largest-of-its-kind-lithium-hydroxide-plant-launched-in-Kwinana.aspx }}</ref>