Rio Tinto in talks to buy lithium miner Arcadium
The deal would vault Rio into one of the world's largest suppliers of the battery metal, behind only Albemarle and SQM.
“Its use of offshore, low-tax jurisdictions in relation to its Australian operations, and the apparent uncertainty about ownership of the Abbot Point Port lease, raise questions about the ability of the public to scrutinize a project of such huge economic and environmental significance.”