May 17 (Reuters) - Canadian fertilizer company Nutrien Ltd NTR.TO said on Thursday it would sell 62.5 million Class A shares in Chilean lithium producer Sociedad Quimica Y Minera (SQM) SQMa.SN to Tianqi Lithium Corp 002466.SZ for $4.07 billion.
Tianqi will pay $65 per share in cash to Nutrien. reported on Wednesday that Tianqi and SQM were in talks.