News Articles for Pilbara Minerals

Almost 80 per cent of mining executives believe the industry can meet growing demand for clean energy minerals, according to a recent global survey from KPMG.

WA produces a diverse array of minerals, yet one commodity dominates the sector.

The pipeline of big resources projects in WA increasingly features complex processing plants, despite a spate of large cost blowouts on projects currently under way.

Pilbara Minerals recorded a drop in production and shipments for the quarter ahead of anticipated softening lithium prices in the coming months.

A short-term tourist development in South Hedland has cleared a planning hurdle and joins the list of projects aiming to provide more accommodation options in the Pilbara.

Western Australian lithium operations have helped cement Australia as a global powerhouse for the commodity however a new report indicates surging prices may have peaked.

Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss WA's booming critical minerals sector, plus the latest on Qantas and Activ Foundation.

Our weekly appointments wrap includes Sharyn O'Neill, Thao Pham, Theresa Mlikota, Cecile Wake, Tony Nunan, Georgia Malone, Danielle Antaki, Monica Kane, Malinda Nixon and Luke Bortoli.

Pilbara Minerals has given the tick of approval to invest a further $560 million to nearly double nameplate production at its Pilgangoora lithium project in the Pilbara.

Aspiring lithium miners face challenges and opportunities as they race to turn prospects into production.

Education has a role in improving perceptions of careers in mining and oil and gas.

Senior journalist Claire Tyrrell talks about how worker demands are driving an uptick in flexible workspaces.

Pilbara Minerals and its partner POSCO have secured backing from two government-owned banks for their lithium hydroxide refinery being built in South Korea at a cost of $1.1 billion.

Pilbara Minerals will reward shareholders with inaugural dividends to the tune of $330 million after riding the lithium boom to record a massive surge in half-year profit.

Our weekly appointments wrap includes Sandra McInnes, Carmelo Arto, Liz MacLeod, Yvonne Timson, Michelle Jenkins, John Tasovac, Shannon Campbell, David Lim, Dave Sanders and Peter Holmes.

Infinity Mining has bagged a five-year extension for its Tambourah South tenement in the Pilbara where previous rock chip sampling has latched on to a pegmatite swarm grading up to 2.65 per cent lithium oxide. The project sits in the evolving Pilbara pegmatite province home to Pilbara Minerals' 305 million tonne Pilgangoora lithium project averaging 1.1 per cent lithium oxide.

Our weekly appointments wrap includes John Stanning, Paul Ryan, Ashley Muirhead, Simon Atkinson, Chris Woodall, David Schummer, Kim Beazley, Deidre Wilmott, Richard Court, Rebecca Tomkinson, Lynn Kuok, Andrew Eddowes, Linnet Solomons, Emma Woolaston, Alex Petrovski, James Hambly and Paula Rogers.

Cashed-up lithium miner Pilbara Minerals has signalled it will be targeting acquisition opportunities with the recruitment of senior Macquarie Capital executive John Stanning.

Our weekly appointments wrap includes Simona Chady, Anna Reece, Iain Grandage, Dan McAulley, Donna Nelson, Sandra Eades, Mike Nelson, Paul Laybourne, Lance Malone and Mark Ritter.

NRW Holdings subsidiary Primero Group has won a major contract on Pilbara Minerals' P680 lithium expansion project.

Perth-based Pilbara Minerals has appointed a new project director to oversee the planned doubling of its lithium production.

Kairos Minerals has struck rich tantalum deposits going as much as 2143ppm during a lithium-caesium-tantalum pegmatite-focused drill campaign at its Mt York gold project next to Pilbara Minerals' Pilgangoora lithium mine. The results further a possibility to extract more than just gold from the 1.1-million-ounce resource in the mineral-rich region.

Matt Mckenzie and Simone Grogan discuss this morning's Success & Leadership event with Pilbara Minerals managing director Dale Henderson.

Pilbara Minerals boss Dale Henderson says moving down the value chain is a ‘no-brainer' but the lithium success story will stop short of pushing all the way to full-scale battery production.

Newly listed explorer Octava Minerals has outlined a suite of new pegmatite targets at its Pinnacle Well lithium prospect in the Pilbara region of Western Australia after a field reconnaissance program. The campaign was headlined by the detection of a 1.5km long east-west running outcrop about 10km north of Global Lithium's 10.5 million tonne Archer deposit.

Internationally recognised lithium expert Joe Lowry expects the price of battery quality lithium carbonate to continue its upward trajectory into 2027 before hitting highs of US$97,000 per tonne as the supply and demand curve starts to invert. Speaking at this year's Lithium Update by the Experts at Perth's Hyatt Hotel, Lowry dubbed lithium the “irreplaceable element” in the new energy transition and says the balance of power in the industry has switched from China to Australia and South America.

WA lithium miner Pilbara Minerals has become the latest beneficiary of the federal government's $3.9 billion NAIF funding shower, scoring $250 million across two loans to grow its operations.

Pilbara Minerals is on track to submit a final investment decision for a Pilgangoora expansion before the end of the year, as it closes another consecutive quarter of growth.

Labour shortages and inflationary pressures have rocked even WA's biggest resources companies.

Pilbara Minerals boss Dale Henderson has become one of Western Australia's best-paid executives after his base salary was boosted to $1.25 million.

After a hyperspectral survey, Askari Metals has lit up multiple lithium targets at the company's newly acquired Myrnas Hill lithium project in WA's Pilbara region. The targets — including one high-priority structure with a strike length of 1.2km — will be the focus of an upcoming field expedition as the company looks to get its boots on the ground as soon as possible.

After further field work, mineral explorer St George Mining believes it has significantly expanded the lithium potential of its Mt Alexander nickel — and now lithium — project 95km west of Leonora in WA. Since first announcing it was on the lithium trail in early September, the explorer has identified an increasing number of pegmatite outcrops in its field mapping efforts across a 15km zone of pegmatite dykes at its project.

A life cycle assessment of Blackstone Minerals' proposed upstream and downstream nickel business has confirmed its process of producing nickel-cobalt-manganese precursor products will be one of the greenest pathways to supply the growing lithium-ion battery industry. The study found Blackstone's flagship Ta Khoa project could produce 1kg of precursor cathode active material at a cost of 9.8kg of carbon dioxide equivalent, substantially lower than the industry average of 16.1kg.

Seasoned mining executive Neil Biddle will return to ASX-listed minerals processor TNG as non-executive chair, nine years after leaving the company to join Pilbara Minerals.

Growing demand for lithium raw materials has boosted Pilbara Minerals' sales revenues by more than $1 billion in 12 months, delivering the company's first full-year profit.

Domestic firms dominate the industry's leaderboard when it comes to sustainability and fairness as investors weigh where to put green capital.

Kairos Minerals has nailed a suite of high-grade lithium hits at its Mt York project in WA's Pilbara region after hyperspectral and X-ray diffraction analysis on rock samples from the operation's pegmatites. The results ran up to 1.91 per cent lithium oxide and were found a mere 4km from Pilbara Minerals' revered Pilgangoora operation.

Pilbara Minerals has reported strong growth in production as it invests in new capacity while diversified miner Mineral Resources has received a boost from its lithium operations.

Bids for Pilbara Minerals spodumene concentrate have fallen for the first time since the company began selling product via its battery material exchange platform a year ago.

Routine earth-moving activities at Kairos Minerals' Mt York gold project in the Pilbara have turned up spodumene pegmatites, opening the door to a possible lithium play for the diversified West Perth explorer. The discovery has excited Kairos, not least because it was made less than 4km from Pilbara Minerals' massive lithium operation, Pilgangoora.