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Pilbara Minerals CEO expects acceleration in lithium recovery
Pilbara Minerals managing director and chief executive Ken Brinsden has noted a quick recovery in the lithium raw material supply chain, underpinning the company’s production increase.
February 22, 2021 0 comment
Pilbara Minerals ramps up Pilgangoora plant utilisation
Pilbara Minerals has recorded improvements to production, sales, and plant run-time and utilisation at the Pilgangoora lithium-tantalum project in Western Australia.
October 13, 2020 0 comment
Tesla taps into Piedmont lithium supply
Piedmont Lithium has inked an agreement to supply spodumene concentrate to Tesla for five years.
September 29, 2020 0 comment
Albemarle to use ARMS Reliability management solution
Albemarle has chosen ARMS Reliability’s asset strategy management software to enhance maintenance for its lithium hydroxide plant in Kemerton, Western Australia.
June 18, 2020 0 comment
Pilbara Minerals well-prepared for post-coronavirus recovery
Pilbara Minerals believes it is in good stead for a market recovery after the Pilgangoora lithium project in Western Australia faced no material operational impact from coronavirus in the March quarter.
April 29, 2020 0 comment
Pilbara Minerals reports ‘solid’ March quarter despite coronavirus
Pilbara Minerals has carried out its production moderation strategy amid the coronavirus pandemic, finishing the March quarter with $108.2 million in cash.
April 2, 2020 0 comment
Galaxy ramps up Mt Cattlin operations
Galaxy Resources has put its ore sorters into operation at the Mt Cattlin spodumene project in Western Australia.
March 16, 2020 0 comment
Altura shipments hit a record
Altura Mining has shipped a record cargo of approximately 17,500 wet metric tonnes of spodumene concentrate to Chinese customers. The latest cargo, which was loaded on the TBC Princess, departed Port Hedland on November 20 for Zhenjiang, near Shanghai. Altura’s largest single cargo yet surpasses the 13,700 dry metric tonnes that set sail from the … Continue reading Altura shipments hit a record
November 25, 2019 0 comment
Pilbara Minerals mulls over lithium expansion plans
Pilbara Minerals is taking a wary approach to its plan for stage two and three expansion projects at the Pilgangoora lithium-tantalum project in Western Australia.
November 22, 2019 0 comment
Albemarle gains momentum at Kemerton with Kerman contract
Kerman Contracting has been awarded a contract by Albemarle Lithium for services at the company’s new lithium hydroxide production plant in Kemerton, Western Australia.
October 3, 2019 0 comment
Pilbara Minerals finds Chinese backing amid softening market
Pilbara Minerals plans to sell an 8.5 per cent stake in the company to China’s largest electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer despite a slowdown in lithium’s largest market.
September 4, 2019 0 comment
Lithium Australia MD dismisses Chinese oversupply claims
Lithium Australia managing director Adrian Griffin has downplayed expert opinion that China is facing an oversupply of spodumene concentrates, claiming that it “may actually be short-lived.”
August 2, 2019 0 comment
Pilbara Minerals plots revival following Chinese slowdown
Chinese market conditions in the spodumene industry are set to moderate Pilbara Minerals’ production at the Pilgangoora project in Western Australia in the coming months.
July 25, 2019 0 comment
Galaxy to become major shareholder of Alliance Mineral Assets
Galaxy Resources is set to become the largest shareholder in Alliance Mineral Assets following the joint announcement of a $32.5 million raising.
May 16, 2019 0 comment
Pilbara Minerals achieves commercial production as growth plans evolve
Pilbara Minerals has declared commercial production at its Pilgangoora lithium-tantalum project in Western Australia and is looking for partners to support its stage three offtake.
March 29, 2019 0 comment
Pilbara Minerals sets up next Pilgangoora expansion
Pilbara Minerals has reinforced the potential to increase the processing capacity at the Pilgangoora lithium operation in Western Australia by 50 per cent in a stage three expansion.
March 27, 2019 0 comment
Pilbara Minerals moves ahead with POSCO JV
Pilbara Minerals has exercised an option to enter into a joint venture (JV) with POSCO for the development of a lithium processing plant in South Korea.
March 18, 2019 0 comment
NT lithium project gets Core contractor team
Core Lithium has awarded preferred contractor status for three components of the company’s Finniss lithium project near Darwin in the Northern Territory.
January 25, 2019 0 comment
Galaxy Resources lifts Mt Cattlin lithium outlook
Galaxy Resources has continued to perform positively at its global operations in Australia, Argentina and Canada to finish with zero debt.
January 24, 2019 0 comment
Pilbara Minerals approves Pilgangoora stage two expansion
Pilbara Minerals is moving forward with the stage two expansion of the Pilgangoora lithium-tantalum operation in Western Australia after its board approved the project.
November 12, 2018 0 comment