Lithium kingpin warns of price floors for ‘wrong’ projects

The West Australian

Oct 24

The boss of the ASX’s largest lithium pure play has warned the Federal Government that taxpayer-funded price floors for critical minerals could prop up low-quality projects.PLS chief executive Dale ...

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