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Greenbushes Lithium Mine

Western Australia, Australia · Open Pit

Operating
LithiumTantalumTin
Opened
1888-01-01
End year
2048
Mine life
24 years
Workforce
more than 1,700
Overview
Greenbushes Lithium Mine is a hard rock, open-pit mining and processing operation located in Western Australia. The mine is situated directly south of the town of Greenbushes, approximately 250 kilometres south of Perth and 90 kilometres south-east of the Port of Bunbury. The Greenbushes operation is recognised as having the highest-grade ore reserve of any hard rock lithium mine globally.
Production
In the 2023 calendar year, approximately 5.9 million tonnes of ore were processed, producing about 1.43 million tonnes of saleable spodumene concentrates. For the 2024 calendar year, production was approximately 1.42 million tonnes of spodumene concentrate from 5.6 million tonnes of processed ore. Total site capacity to approximately 2.1 million tonnes of spodumene concentrate.
Processing
As of early 2025, the site operated four spodumene concentrators: one technical grade plant (TGP1), two chemical grade plants (CGP1 and CGP2), and a tailings retreatment plant (TRP). The processing method involves upgrading the lithium mineral (spodumene) from the ore using gravity, heavy media, flotation, and magnetic processes. The crushing and screening facilities include jaw crushers, impact crushers, screeners, High Pressure Grinding Rollers (HPGR), and conveyors.
Equipment
Mining fleet includes trucks and shovels. Electrification, with some electric and hybrid light vehicles, all-terrain vehicles, and forklifts in use.
Expansion
A third chemical grade plant, CGP3, with a capacity of approximately 500,000 tonnes per annum of spodumene concentrate, commenced commissioning in December 2025, with first ore processed on 18 December 2025. This expansion takes the total site capacity to approximately 2.1 million tonnes of spodumene concentrate.
Companies & ownership
  • IGO Limited
    ASX:IGO
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Paso Project

Jujuy Province, Argentina · Underground

Closed
Lithium
Overview
The Paso Project is a lithium brine exploration project located in the Jujuy Province of Argentina. It was previously 100% owned by Lake Resources and covered approximately 300 square kilometres. Lake Resources sold the project to Austroid Corporation in November 2024 as part of a strategic shift to focus on its Kachi Project.
Companies & ownership
  • Lake Resources NL
    ASX:LKE
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Olaroz Project

Jujuy Province, Argentina · Solution

Historic Mine
Lithium
Overview
The Olaroz Project was a lithium brine project located in the Jujuy Province of Argentina. Lake Resources divested its 100% ownership in November 2024 to Austroid Corporation.
Companies & ownership
  • Lake Resources NL
    ASX:LKE
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Cauchari Project

Jujuy Province, Argentina · Solution

Under Development
Lithium
Overview
The Cauchari Project is a lithium brine project located in the Jujuy Province of Argentina, situated in the Lithium Triangle. Drilling confirmed high-grade lithium brines, suggesting an extension from the adjacent world-class Cauchari project.
Processing
direct lithium extraction technology
Companies & ownership
  • Lake Resources NL
    ASX:LKE
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Kachi Project

Catamarca Province, Argentina · Solution

Under Development
Lithium
Opened
2027-01-01
End year
2052
Mine life
25 years
Overview
The Kachi Project is a lithium brine project located in Catamarca Province, Argentina, within the Lithium Triangle. It is operated by Australian mining company Lake Resources NL and will employ a direct lithium extraction (DLE) process using ion-exchange technology.
Production
Phase One targets an annual production of 25,000 tonnes of lithium carbonate.
Processing
Direct lithium extraction (DLE) process using ion-exchange technology, involving brine extraction from wells, piping to a brine storage pond, filtering of suspended solids, processing in a direct extraction plant, recovery and concentration into an eluate stream, further concentration and purification using reverse osmosis, and treatment with sodium carbonate to produce lithium carbonate.
Equipment
network of wells for brine extraction and reinjection
Expansion
Phase One targets an annual production of 25,000 tonnes of lithium carbonate. A final investment decision is anticipated by the end of 2026. First commercial production is targeted for 2027.
Companies & ownership
  • Lake Resources NL
    ASX:LKE
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Ewoyaa Lithium project

Central Region, Ghana · Open Pit

Under Development
Lithium
Companies & ownership
  • Piedmont Lithium Inc.
    ASX:PLL
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North American Lithium

Quebec, Canada · Open Pit

Operating
Lithium
Companies & ownership
  • Piedmont Lithium Inc.
    ASX:PLL
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Tennessee Lithium project

Tennessee, United-States · Processing Facility

Under Development
Lithium
Opened
2026-01-01
End year
2056
Mine life
30 years
Workforce
approximately 117 to 120 direct jobs
Overview
The Tennessee Lithium project, also referred to as LHP-2, is a planned lithium hydroxide manufacturing and processing facility wholly owned by Piedmont Lithium Inc. It is located in the North Etowah Industrial Park in Etowah, McMinn County, Tennessee, in the United-States.
Production
30,000 metric tonnes of lithium hydroxide per year.
Processing
The processing method will utilise the Metso:Outotec process, which is described as more environmentally responsible as it eliminates the acid-leaching of spodumene and the production of sodium sulfate waste.
Expansion
Piedmont Lithium plans to invest approximately $800 million in the development of the operation.
Companies & ownership
  • Piedmont Lithium Inc.
    ASX:PLL
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Carolina Lithium project

North Carolina, United States · Open Pit

Under Development
Lithium
Opened
2027-01-01
End year
2038
Mine life
11 years
Workforce
several hundred jobs, up to 500 permanent positions
Overview
The Carolina Lithium project is a development-stage, wholly-owned project of Piedmont Lithium Inc. located in Gaston County, North Carolina, United States, within the Carolina Tin-Spodumene Belt. It is planned as a fully integrated mining, spodumene concentrate, and lithium hydroxide manufacturing operation on a single campus, including a quarry, spodumene concentrator, by-products processing, and a lithium hydroxide conversion plant.
Production
30,000 metric tons of lithium hydroxide per year
Processing
Crushing and filtering spodumene ore to produce a concentrate, then converting it into lithium hydroxide using Metso:Outotec's proprietary soda leach technology.
Equipment
13 x 100-ton class haul trucks, 23-cubic-yard primary wheel loader, 13-cubic-yard backup wheel loader, two track dozers, motor grader, two water trucks, various support equipment, electric-powered conveyors, spodumene concentrator, lithium hydroxide conversion plant.
Companies & ownership
  • Piedmont Lithium Inc.
    ASX:PLL
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Whyalla Quarry

South Australia, Australia · Quarry

Operating
Silica SandGraphiteKaolinHalloysiteTitaniumIron Ore (Magnetite)+39
Overview
The Boral Whyalla Quarry is a hard rock quarry owned and operated by Boral Limited, located just outside Whyalla, South Australia. It is an active, operational quarry and a strategic mineral resource area, co-located with a Boral concrete plant. The quarry supplies a range of high-quality construction materials for regional projects and infrastructure development.
Companies & ownership
  • Boral Limited
    ASX:BLD
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Stirling North Quarry

South Australia, Australia · Quarry

Operating
GraphiteSilica SandKaolinHalloysiteTitaniumIron Ore (Magnetite)+39
Workforce
The operation has a workforce of less than 10 full-time employees.
Overview
The Stirling North Quarry, owned and operated by Boral Limited, is an active open-cut quarry in South Australia. Located approximately 5 km northeast of Stirling North township, it operates under Private Mine tenement 154 with an approved Mine Operation Plan as of December 2023. The quarry has been operational since the mid-1970s.
Processing
The general process involves extraction, crushing, and screening to produce various sizes of quarry products, including thermal sand for the Lincoln Gap Wind Farm.
Equipment
The primary equipment includes a main processing plant and a contractor screen.
Companies & ownership
  • Boral Limited
    ASX:BLD
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Lobethal Quarry

South Australia, Australia · Open Pit

Operating
GraphiteSilica SandKaolinHalloysiteTitaniumIron Ore (Magnetite)+39
Overview
The Lobethal Quarry, operated by Boral Limited, is an active open-cut quarry located in Lobethal, South Australia. It is considered a strategic mineral resource area and supplies construction materials such as aggregates, asphalt, cement, crushed rock, and roadbase to the Adelaide Hills region.
Production
The quarry produces aggregates, rail ballast, pre-mix concrete, and road materials.
Processing
The quarry underwent a $4 million plant upgrade in 2015, transforming it into a more automated and efficient operation for producing construction materials.
Equipment
The quarry underwent a $4 million plant upgrade in 2015, transforming it into a more automated and efficient operation. It is recognised as one of the cleanest and safest fixed plant areas within Boral's South Australian business.
Companies & ownership
  • Boral Limited
    ASX:BLD
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Kapunda Quarry

South Australia, Australia · Quarry

Operating
Silica SandGraphiteKaolinHalloysiteTitaniumIron Ore (Magnetite)+39
Overview
Boral's Kapunda Quarry, an operating site in Kapunda, South Australia, produces aggregates, rail ballast, pre-mix concrete, and road materials, and is a strategic mineral resource area. The broader Kapunda site also includes Australia's first commercially successful metal mine, which produced copper from 1844 to 1879 and is now a State Heritage Place. Environmental Copper Recovery Pty Ltd (ECR) and Terramin Australia Limited are advancing the Kapunda Copper & Gold ISR Project on the historic mine site, with technical collaboration from OZ Minerals.
Expansion
The Kapunda Copper & Gold ISR Project, a joint venture between Environmental Copper Recovery Pty Ltd (ECR) and Terramin Australia Limited, aims to extract an estimated 119,000 tonnes of copper from shallow oxide ores using in-situ recovery methods. In May 2025, the South Australian Department for Energy and Mining approved in-ground test work for the project, which also has potential for gold recovery.
Companies & ownership
  • Boral Limited
    ASX:BLD
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Stonyfell Quarry

South Australia, Australia · Quarry

Operating
Silica SandGraphiteKaolinHalloysiteTitaniumIron Ore (Magnetite)+39
Opened
1837-01-01
Mine life
100 years
Workforce
The quarry's management team includes a Quarry Manager, a Quarry Support Manager, and an Operations Manager Quarries.
Overview
Stonyfell Quarry, located in the foothills of the Mount Lofty Ranges east of Adelaide, South Australia, is one of Adelaide's oldest quarries, operating since 1837. Boral Limited acquired the site in the 1980s. The quarry extracts sandstone and quartzite to produce road base, aggregates, crushed rock, washed sands for concrete manufacturing, fill materials, and specialty rocks. It also recycles concrete and is considered a significant state resource with at least 100 years of available materials.
Production
Produces road base, aggregates, crushed rock, washed sands for concrete manufacturing, fill materials, specialty rocks, and recycled concrete. Primary materials extracted are sandstone and quartzite.
Processing
The processing infrastructure at Stonyfell Quarry includes a primary crusher and a sprinkler system within the crushing plant to manage dust. The facility produces road base, aggregates, crushed rock, washed sands for concrete manufacturing, fill materials, and specialty rocks from extracted sandstone and quartzite.
Equipment
The processing infrastructure at the site includes a primary crusher and a sprinkler system within the crushing plant to manage dust. Other equipment includes a water cart for spraying roads and stockpiles, and a truck wash.
Expansion
Major capital improvement works were undertaken to upgrade the primary crusher, which involved installing a new steel structure and a heavy-duty concrete slab.
Companies & ownership
  • Boral Limited
    ASX:BLD
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Boral Concrete Rockhampton

Queensland, Australia · Processing Facility

Operating
GraphiteSilica SandKaolinHalloysiteTitaniumIron Ore (Magnetite)+39
Overview
The Boral Concrete Rockhampton facility is an operational concrete batching plant located at 36-40 Johnson Street in Parkhurst, Rockhampton, Queensland. Operated by Boral Limited, this processing facility produces and supplies ready-mixed concrete for the Central Queensland construction market.
Processing
The facility is a concrete batching plant that produces and supplies ready-mixed concrete.
Companies & ownership
  • Boral Limited
    ASX:BLD
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Reynolds Springs Lithium Brine Project

Nevada, United States · Solution

Under Development
Lithium
Overview
Lithium brine exploration project located in Railroad Valley, Nye County, Nevada, covering 7 square miles (18 km2) with 210 unpatented placer mining claims. Geochemical soil sampling showed lithium values up to 405 ppm Li. The project area is on the Railroad Valley playa, known for a large lithium soil anomaly, and geological attributes are considered similar to Clayton Valley.
Companies & ownership
  • Macarthur Minerals Limited
    ASX:MIO · TSX:MMS · OTC:MMSDF
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Boral Concrete Caloundra West

Queensland, Australia · Processing Facility

Operating
Silica SandGraphiteKaolinHalloysiteTitaniumIron Ore (Magnetite)+39
Overview
Boral Concrete Caloundra West is an active concrete batching plant and co-located quarry in Caloundra West, Queensland, Australia. Owned by Boral Limited, it produces concrete products for the local construction market, sourcing raw materials like silica sand from its quarry.
Production
The Caloundra West plant produces a range of concrete products for the local construction market.
Processing
The site's primary function is concrete production, with the co-located quarry supplying raw materials such as silica sand and aggregates for the concrete batching process.
Companies & ownership
  • Boral Limited
    ASX:BLD
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Winnellie Concrete Plant

Northern Territory, Australia · Processing Facility

Operating
GraphiteSilica SandKaolinHalloysiteTitaniumIron Ore (Magnetite)+39
Overview
The Winnellie Concrete Plant, located in the suburb of Winnellie in Darwin, Northern Territory, is an operational pre-mix concrete facility owned and operated by Boral Limited. This plant produces and supplies concrete for the construction industry in the Darwin region.
Processing
The Winnellie Concrete Plant is a processing facility focused on the production of pre-mixed concrete, playing a role in Boral's downstream operations to supply construction materials.
Companies & ownership
  • Boral Limited
    ASX:BLD
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West Gosford Operations

New South Wales, Australia · Processing Facility

Operating
Silica SandGraphiteKaolinHalloysiteTitaniumIron Ore (Magnetite)+39
Capex (est.)
USD 2.40M
Overview
Boral Limited operates the West Gosford Operations in West Gosford, New South Wales. It is a processing facility comprising a concrete batching plant and an asphalt plant, producing pre-mix concrete and bitumen pre-mix or hot-mix asphalt for the construction industry.
Production
The facility produces pre-mix concrete and bitumen pre-mix or hot-mix asphalt for the construction industry.
Processing
The facility produces pre-mix concrete and bitumen pre-mix or hot-mix asphalt. The asphalt plant is licensed by the New South Wales Environment Protection Authority. The concrete plant underwent a significant upgrade, involving the demolition of the old plant and installation of a new drive-through concrete batching facility.
Equipment
The new concrete plant includes four silos, a new support structure, two additional open material storage bins, and new mechanical, electrical, and batch control systems. It has a 400-tonne cementitious material storage capacity and over 500 tonnes of aggregate storage.
Expansion
A $2.4 million project, announced in 2020 and completed in July 2023, involved the complete demolition and removal of the old concrete plant and the installation of a new drive-through concrete batching facility. This upgrade aims to improve reliability, efficiency, and safety on site.
Companies & ownership
  • Boral Limited
    ASX:BLD
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Dunmore Operations

New South Wales, Australia · Open Pit

Operating
Silica SandGraphiteKaolinHalloysiteTitaniumIron Ore (Magnetite)+39
End year
2043
Workforce
While a precise workforce number is not publicly available, the operation held a 100-year anniversary event attended by 120 staff and their families in September 2023. The workforce is covered by the Boral Dunmore Quarry Enterprise Agreement 2024.
Overview
The Dunmore Operations, owned by Boral Limited, is an integrated site in New South Wales, Australia, supplying building and construction materials to the Illawarra, South Coast, and greater Sydney metropolitan areas. It has been operating for over 100 years and consists of a hard rock quarry, a sand dredging operation, a Boral Concrete plant, and a logistics yard.
Production
The Dunmore Quarry has an approved production limit of up to 2.5 million tonnes of quarry product annually. In the 2022 financial year, 995,505 tonnes of latite products were sold, including coarse aggregates, prepared road base, and manufactured sand.
Processing
Processing at the hard rock quarry involves drilling, blasting, and crushing the latite in primary and tertiary crushers, followed by screening to size the material. Sand is extracted via a dredging operation.
Equipment
Key equipment includes drilling and blasting machinery, crushers, a screen house, and a fleet of trucks for material transport.
Expansion
The New South Wales Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure has approved an extension for the hard rock quarry's operational life until 2043.
Companies & ownership
  • Boral Limited
    ASX:BLD
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Boral Concrete Mitchell

Australian Capital Territory, Australia · Processing Facility

Operating
GraphiteSilica SandKaolinHalloysiteTitaniumIron Ore (Magnetite)+39
Overview
Boral Concrete Mitchell is an operational pre-mixed concrete facility located at 66 Hoskins Street in Mitchell, Australian Capital Territory. This plant produces concrete for commercial, residential, and civil construction purposes.
Processing
The facility processes cement and other materials, aggregates, using conveyors and a central mixer to produce pre-mixed concrete.
Equipment
The facility's equipment includes storage silos for cement and other materials, aggregate bins, conveyors, and a central mixer.
Companies & ownership
  • Boral Limited
    ASX:BLD
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Widemere Recycling

New South Wales, Australia · Processing Facility

Operating
GraphiteSilica SandKaolinHalloysiteTitaniumIron Ore (Magnetite)+39
Companies & ownership
  • Boral Limited
    ASX:BLD
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Waurn Ponds Recycling

Victoria, Australia · Processing Facility

Operating
GraphiteSilica SandKaolinHalloysiteTitaniumIron Ore (Magnetite)+39
Overview
The Waurn Ponds facility in Victoria, Australia, is an operating quarry and recycling operation owned by Boral Limited. It extracts materials like limestone, sandstone, aggregates, sand, and fill to produce crushed rock and roadbase. The site also includes a recycling operation, in partnership with Delta Group, which processes construction and demolition waste such as concrete, bricks, and reclaimed asphalt into recycled aggregates, sands, and roadbase. A former cement manufacturing plant on the site has ceased operations and is being repurposed.
Processing
The quarrying process involves the extraction of rock, which is then crushed and screened to produce various grades of aggregate and other construction materials. The recycling process involves sorting, crushing, and blending recovered construction and demolition waste to produce recycled construction materials.
Equipment
Boral is currently undertaking a multi-year investment program to upgrade its heavy machinery fleet across Australia, which includes the rollout of new front-end loaders, excavators, and dump trucks.
Expansion
The former cement manufacturing plant at the Waurn Ponds site has been decommissioned, with cement operations relocated to the Port of Geelong. The land from the old cement works is undergoing a rejuvenation project, with plans for a precinct that may include tourism, commercial, and residential developments. A portion of this land has been returned to the Wadawurrung Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation.
Companies & ownership
  • Boral Limited
    ASX:BLD
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Salisbury Recycling

South Australia, Australia · Processing Facility

Operating
GraphiteSilica SandKaolinHalloysiteTitaniumIron Ore (Magnetite)+39
Companies & ownership
  • Boral Limited
    ASX:BLD
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