Pilbara Minerals

Lithium miner Pilbara Minerals has engaged NRW Holdings’ Primero Group for $64 million of work on the Pilgangoora operation expansion project.

Western Australia’s resources middle tier could be at the heart of $170 billion in GDP growth by 2040, but only if the nation acts on its critical minerals opportunities, according to PwC.

Pilbara Minerals chairman Tony Kiernan will retire from the board in the new year, paving the way for former Lynas Rare Earths chair Kathleen Conlon to steer the lithium miner.

Pilbara Minerals will buy LNG from Woodside Energy’s Pluto facility for five years as part of a plan to slash emissions from its flagship Pilgangoora lithium project.

Pilbara Minerals shares dipped 4.81 per cent on Monday, despite announcing plans to expand its Ganfeng offtake agreement.

The average realised price of spodumene concentrate from Pilbara Minerals’ Pilgangoora lithium project fell 50 per cent in the December quarter, but the company is optimistic about the commodity’s future.

Patriot Battery Metals chairman Ken Brinsden has been named chief executive and moved to Canada to develop the miner's lithium asset, drawing on his track record with Pilbara Minerals.

Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss the battery metals shake out; Santos legal delay impacts; high energy prices; HBF cost cut; McCusker charity news, and a magazine preview.

Shares in Pilbara Minerals rose to $3.62 on Wednesday morning, following news the company has extended its offtake agreement with China-based Chengxin Lithium.

As the female chairman of a major WA company, Kathleen Conlon has joined a very select group.

Mark Beyer and Jack McGinn discuss the career progression of newly appointed Pilbara Minerals chairman Kathleen Conlon.Plus: CITIC flags suspension; BHP's nickel write-down, and Australian Vanadium's plant plan. 

Lower lithium prices have impacted Pilbara Minerals, with its profit and revenue taking hits in the first half of the 2024 financial year.

A delegation including Tesla, Forrest empire nickel business Wyloo Metals and lithium producer Pilbara Minerals has met with the federal government over a battery metals production tax credit.

Lithium miner Pilbara Minerals has notched a new offtake agreement with a Chinese buyer for spodumene concentrate from its flagship Pilgangoora operation.

West Perth company Pilbara Minerals and China-based Ganfeng have signed a deal to do a joint study over a 32 thousand tonnes per annum lithium conversion plant.

Mineral Resources and Pilbara Minerals have become the first customers for the highly anticipated Lumsden Point facility in the Port of Port Hedland.

ASX-listed contractor SRG Global has won a series of contracts worth $150 million with new and existing clients across Australia.

Battery metals miner Pilbara Minerals said it recorded an uptick in spodumene prices towards the end of the March quarter, while pricing adjustments dented its cash stockpile.

New financial reports show a handful of Aboriginal groups gaining more income from mining royalties but others going backwards, while the sector as a whole remains the poor cousin.

Pilbara Minerals has announced that production at its flagship Pilgangoora operation could expand to more than 2 million tonnes of spodumene concentrate per annum.

A new cargo wharf under construction in Port Hedland will enable the import of wind turbines and slash cargo vessel backlogs which have blown out to more than a week.

A lithium miner and telecommunications firm are working with an Aboriginal tech startup to build satellite-connected hubs in remote communities offering reception on par with Perth.

ANALYSIS: When Mark McGowan launched the $750 million Resources Community Investment Initiative more than 18 months ago, nobody expected an upgrade of Paraburdoo hospital would be its inaugural project.

Record production volumes has aided Pilbara Minerals’ quarterly revenue, alongside a small bump in prices for the battery metal.

Kairos Minerals shares rose by 29 per cent to 1.1 cents on Thursday morning, following news it had entered into a binding agreement to sell six Mt York project prospecting licences.

Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss the week in lithium; construction issues; Fortescue’s share price tumble; inflationary data; interest rates; house prices; CFMEU action; and Rex’s plight.

The lithium price downturn doesn’t faze Pilbara Minerals, according to its chief executive, as the miner officially opens its latest expansion project amid market volatility.

Pilbara Minerals hasn’t ruled out diversifying into other commodities, but Dale Henderson says he doesn’t see the producer stepping outside lithium anytime soon.

A record 758 million tonnes of iron ore was exported from the Pilbara last financial year as pressure mounts to build more bulk handling facilities.

Dale Henderson-steered Pilbara Minerals has struck a deal worth $560 million to acquire Brazilian hard rock lithium explorer Latin Resources.

Wavering lithium prices have dented Pilbara Minerals revenue and profit for the full year, partially offset by upped sales volumes, while taking on $1 billion in new debt.

Stocks in WA lithium players recorded double-digit gains on the ASX in morning trade, including Mineral Resources, Liontown Resources and Pilbara Minerals.

WA’s Indigenous business sector has nearly tripled in size in the past four years, research by Business News has found.

The chief operating officer at newly producing lithium play Liontown Resources says the company will look to Pilbara Minerals for inspiration as it navigates commodity price turmoil.

Lithium-focused Pilbara Minerals has filed documentation for a $1 billion debt facility, in line with its August 26 market update.

Pilbara Minerals will mothball one of its processing plants and pause the construction of a mid-stream project as it tightens its belt amid languish lithium market conditions.

Three mineral processing projects in Western Australia, which aimed to use clean energy, have received a $34 million funding boost.

Lithium trailblazer Pilbara Minerals has flagged a statutory loss in the vicinity of $70 million for the half year, but has hit a key milestone with first ore from its P1000 expansion project.

Pilbara Minerals has reported a $69 million loss for the half-year as increasd production partially offsets the ongoing impact of diminished prices for the key battery material.