Pilbara Minerals (PLS in official branding, as of 2025) is a mining and exploration company which initially focused on lithium and tantalum in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
Pilbara first mined at the Tabba Tabba project in its namesake region. The larger, 100 per cent-owned Pilgangoora lithium project was brought into production in 2019, having been discovered and developed by Pilbara during the 2010s, and is the company's flagship producing asset. The mine is said to produce around eight per cent of the world's lithium supply, as of 2025.
Pilbara's focus broadened in 2024 when it announced a plan to acquire Latin Resources and its Salinas lithium project in Brazil. A $560 million deal was completed early in 2025. Pilbara also owns an 18 per cent stake in a joint venture with South Korean chemicals giant POSCO, which built a lithium hydroxide chemical factory in South Korea to process spodumene from Pilgangoora under a long-term offtake agreement. Pilbara has a call option to increase its stake to 30 per cent of the JV.
