News Articles for Leichhardt

Leichhardt Industrial Group's $375 million purchase of Rio Tinto's Lake MacLeod salt project near Carnarvon has been completed.

It has been a long time since big investors started spruiking plans for new salt projects in the north-west.

A junior Pilbara iron ore company is casting its net wide - including to prospective salt miners – in the search for port space to boost its exports.

Lower-grade iron ore product made up 20 per cent of Rio Tinto's Pilbara shipments during the December quarter, as the company progresses new project delivery in a delicate approvals environment.

Rio Tinto has confirmed a $US251 million ($375 million) deal to sell the Lake MacLeod salt and gypsum operation in Carnarvon to privately-owned Leichhardt Industrials Group.

A potential sale is on the cards for a Carnarvon salt mine majority owned by Rio Tinto, although operators say there's no certainty a deal will be struck.

Leichhardt Industrial's $280 million solar salt project in the Pilbara has received a major boost, with Melbourne's billionaire Smorgon family buying a 20 per cent stake in the project.

Leichhardt remains confident it will be able to deliver its $280 million Pilbara salt mine by 2027, despite news today the plan would be subject to a public environmental review.

Leichhardt is progressing its plan to build a $280 million salt mine in the Pilbara, lodging the proposal with the state's peak environmental body.

The state government has awarded lead agency status to the Eramurra Solar Salt project, one of three planned salt projects in northern WA collectively worth $1.4 billion.