Business Combinations and Asset Acquisitions	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2022
Business Combination and Asset Acquisition [Abstract]
Acquisitions	Acquisitions:On September 30, 2021, the Company signed a definitive agreement to acquire all of the outstanding equity of Guangxi Tianyuan New Energy Materials Co., Ltd. (“Tianyuan”), for approximately $200 million in cash. Tianyuan's operations include a recently constructed lithium processing plant strategically positioned near the Port of Qinzhou in Guangxi. The plant has designed annual conversion capacity of up to 25,000 metric tons of LCE and is capable of producing battery-grade lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide. The plant began commercial production in the first half of 2022. The Company expects the transaction, which is subject to customary closing conditions, to close in the second half of 2022.