- CEO
- Chun Shing Ha
- Full Time Employees
- 3,902
- Sector
- Process industries
- Industry
- Chemicals: specialty
- Address
- Tianfu New Area Chengdu SI China 610299
- IPO Date
- Aug 31, 2010
- Business
- Tianqi Lithium Corporation (002466.SZ), a leading global producer of lithium compounds, engages in the development of hard rock lithium mineral resources, extraction, processing, and sales of lithium products including battery-grade and industrial-grade lithium carbonate, lithium hydroxide monohydrate, lithium chloride anhydrous, lithium metal, and lithium concentrates such as chemical-grade and technical-grade spodumene; the company also provides lithium series chemicals for applications in batteries, metallurgy, electronics, glass, ceramics, petrochemicals, rubber, steel, and machinery. Founded in 1992 and headquartered in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China, Tianqi Lithium operates vertically integrated businesses with resource and production assets across pre-eminent lithium regions in Australia, Chile, and China, serving customers in over 20 countries worldwide through subsidiaries and joint ventures like Tianqi Lithium Energy Australia (TLEA), a partnership with IGO Ltd that produces battery-grade lithium hydroxide at the Kwinana refinery in Western Australia from Greenbushes spodumene. In recent developments, the company signed a strategic cooperation agreement with GLP in October 2025 to establish a RMB 500 million private equity fund focused on new materials, new energy, intelligent manufacturing, and industrial chain investments, with Tianqi contributing RMB 250 million to support high-growth innovative enterprises; it also continues to ramp up TLEA's hydroxide production toward 9,000-11,000 tonnes in 2025-26 while advancing sustainability initiatives, including earning an EcoVadis silver medal and multiple management system certifications at its Anju base.