Livent swings to quarterly profit on rising lithium demand

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(Reuters) – Lithium producer Livent (NYSE:LTHM) Corp on Tuesday said it swung to a quarterly profit largely due to rising demand and prices for the metal used to make electric vehicle batteries.

The company posted third-quarter net income of $77.6 million, or 37 cents per share, compared to a net loss of $12.6 million, or 8 cents per share, in the year-ago period.