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Financial instruments - Trade and Other Receivables Reconciliation (Details) | 3 Months Ended |  |  |
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Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)
Financial instruments [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Trade and other receivables |  | $ 608,864,000 | $ 909,740,000 |
Impairment provision for doubtful receivables |  |  |  |
Financial instruments [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total financial assets |  | (639,000) | (202,000) | $ (3,369,000)
Battery-Grade Lithium Hydroxide Monohydrate Plant |  |  |  |
Financial instruments [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Production capacity, metric tons | 20,000 |  |  |
Trade receivables, current |  |  |  |
Financial instruments [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Gross receivables |  | 539,948,000 | 787,667,000 |
Trade and other receivables |  | 537,552,000 | 784,422,000 |
Trade receivables, current | Impairment provision for doubtful receivables |  |  |  |
Financial instruments [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total financial assets |  | (2,396,000) | (3,245,000) |
Prepayments, current |  |  |  |
Financial instruments [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Gross receivables |  | 34,521,000 | 75,414,000 |
Trade and other receivables |  | 33,737,000 | 74,630,000 |
Prepayments, current | Impairment provision for doubtful receivables |  |  |  |
Financial instruments [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total financial assets |  | (784,000) | (784,000) |
Other receivables, current |  |  |  |
Financial instruments [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Gross receivables |  | 25,712,000 | 21,209,000 |
Trade and other receivables |  | 23,063,000 | 18,163,000 |
Other receivables, current | Impairment provision for doubtful receivables |  |  |  |
Financial instruments [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total financial assets |  | (2,649,000) | (3,046,000) |
Guarantee deposits |  |  |  |
Financial instruments [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Gross receivables |  | 11,785,000 | 29,966,000 |
Trade and other receivables |  | 11,785,000 | 29,966,000 |
Guarantee deposits | Impairment provision for doubtful receivables |  |  |  |
Financial instruments [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total financial assets |  | 0 | 0 |
Other receivables, non-current |  |  |  |
Financial instruments [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Gross receivables |  | 2,727,000 | 2,559,000 |
Trade and other receivables |  | 2,727,000 | 2,559,000 |
Other receivables, non-current | Impairment provision for doubtful receivables |  |  |  |
Financial instruments [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total financial assets |  | 0 | 0 |
Trade and other receivables |  |  |  |
Financial instruments [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Gross receivables |  | 614,693,000 | 916,815,000 |
Trade and other receivables |  | 608,864,000 | 909,740,000 |
Trade and other receivables | Impairment provision for doubtful receivables |  |  |  |
Financial instruments [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Total financial assets |  | $ (5,829,000) | $ (7,075,000) |

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- Definition The amount of assets that are: (a) cash; (b) an equity instrument of another entity; (c) a contractual right: (i) to receive cash or another financial asset from another entity; or (ii) to exchange financial assets or financial liabilities with another entity under conditions that are potentially favourable to the entity; or (d) a contract that will, or may be, settled in the entity’s own equity instruments and is: (i) a non-derivative for which the entity is, or may be, obliged to receive a variable number of the entity’s own equity instruments; or (ii) a derivative that will, or may be, settled other than by the exchange of a fixed amount of cash or another financial asset for a fixed number of the entity’s own equity instruments. For this purpose the entity’s own equity instruments do not include puttable financial instruments classified as equity instruments in accordance with paragraphs 16A-16B of IAS 32, instruments that impose on the entity an obligation to deliver to another party a pro rata share of the net assets of the entity only on liquidation and are classified as equity instruments in accordance with paragraphs 16C-16D of IAS 32, or instruments that are contracts for the future receipt or delivery of the entity’s own equity instruments. [Refer: Classes of financial instruments [domain]; Financial liabilities] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IFRS -Number 7 -IssueDate 2024-01-01 -Paragraph 25 -URI https://taxonomy.ifrs.org/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=7&code=ifrs-tx-2024-en-r&anchor=para_25&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2024-03-27 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IFRS -Number 7 -IssueDate 2024-01-01 -Paragraph 35H -URI https://taxonomy.ifrs.org/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=7&code=ifrs-tx-2024-en-r&anchor=para_35H&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2024-03-27 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IFRS -Number 7 -IssueDate 2024-01-01 -Paragraph 35M -URI https://taxonomy.ifrs.org/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=7&code=ifrs-tx-2024-en-r&anchor=para_35M&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2024-03-27 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/exampleRef -Name IFRS -Number 7 -IssueDate 2024-01-01 -Paragraph 35N -URI https://taxonomy.ifrs.org/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=7&code=ifrs-tx-2024-en-r&anchor=para_35N&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2024-03-27 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IFRS -Number 7 -IssueDate 2024-01-01 -Paragraph 35I -URI https://taxonomy.ifrs.org/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=7&code=ifrs-tx-2024-en-r&anchor=para_35I&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2024-03-27 + Details
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