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Mark Taylor
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Albemarle Deal Monetises and Derisks Lithium for Mineral Resources. FVE Upgraded to AUD 20.

We increase our fair value estimate for no-moat Mineral Resources by 55% to AUD 20 per share from AUD 12.85 previously. The key driver is the likely cash purchase by Albemarle Corp of a 50% stake in the Wodgina lithium project for USD 1.15 billion. Grossed up this is more than 70% above the fair value we’d ascribed. Other fair value lifters include a 30% increase in our midcycle lithium price forecast to USD 12,855 per tonne in 2025 dollars, near-term commodity price upgrades for bulks in the or...
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Mineral Resources Limited

Mineral Resources is a provider of mining infrastructure services. These services consist of: site services, including remote mine-site accommodation services, remote power services, and aerodrome management or personnel transport; mining services, including mine scheduling and grade control, mining operations and mine site haulage, dewatering and equipment hire; plant or processing services, including crushing and mineral processing, mobile processing services, and pipeline and water solutions; transport services, including road and rail logistics, ownership of locomotives and wagons, and road transport solutions; port services, including port logistics; and commodity sales and marketing.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Mark Taylor

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