(Reuters) - Arcadium Lithium shareholders have voted in favor of a $6.7 billion sale to Australian mining giant Rio Tinto, the company said on Monday.

The deal, which will catapult Rio Tinto into the position of the world's third-largest lithium miner, is expected to close in mid-2025.

(Reporting by Vallari Srivastava and Pooja Menon in Bengaluru; Editing by Tasim Zahid and Vijay Kishore)