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Rio Tinto to buy US lithium producer Arcadium in $6.7bn deal
Acquisition by Anglo-Australian miner comes despite global headwinds in electric car market
Rio Tinto is to buy the US company Arcadium Lithium for $6.7bn (£5.1bn), in a huge bet on the energy transition despite global headwinds in the electric car market.
The Anglo-Australian metals and mining company said it would pay $5.85 a share for the US-based lithium miner. That represents an almost 90% premium to Arcadium’s closing price of $3.08 a share on 3 October, the day before news of a potential deal emerged.
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