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Lithium linchpin Ken Brinsden says Patriot Battery Metals' Canadian asset could be “as good as Greenbushes”, as he suggests the bottom of the market has been found.

Volkswagen will spend $77 million to acquire a stake in Ken Brinsden-steered Patriot Battery Metals and become the Canadian lithium aspirant's first customer.

Patriot Battery Metals has unveiled its billion-dollar plan to turn its Canadian hard rock lithium deposit into a major mining operation targeting 800,000 tonnes per annum.

WA Mines Minister David Michael has ruled out royalty relief for lithium producers in the immediate term, but insists he is listening to the concerns and needs of industry.

Lithium linchpin Ken Brinsden says he would introduce the equivalent of the wheat desk for critical minerals to aid the flailing industry.

Patriot Battery Metals has announced it will raise $C75 million, or $A82.4 million, by way of a fully subscribed charity flow-through offer.

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.

Patriot Battery Metals chair and lithium linchpin Ken Brinsden says Patriot Battery Metals made the deliberate move to offer Albemarle a 'small' stake in the Canada-focused explorer.

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

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.

Our board moves wrap includes Henko Vos, Deborah Ho, Michael Schmulian, Thomas Abraham-James, Ron Mitchell, Michael Rosenstreich, Dale Henderson, Ken Brinsden, Warren Hallam, Adam Lamond, and Michael Shirley.

Major lithium producer Pilbara Minerals has selected its 40-year old chief operating officer Dale Henderson to be the next leader of the company.

Pilbara Minerals has been awarded a $20 million federal government grant to develop a new demonstration-scale chemicals facility within its Pilgangoora project.

Pilbara Minerals and joint venture partner POSCO have met key conditions needed to build a lithium processing plant in South Korea.

Our board moves wrap includes Nev Power, Dane Lance, Keith Martens, Baden Bowen, Gabriel Chiappini, John Lamb, Jeffrey Moore, and Ken Brinsden.

The explorer-turned lithium producer delivered a maiden profit but downgraded its production forecast for the second time in two months.

WA house prices may escape a predicted slide due to several factors, include the state's acute labour shortage.

Surging construction activity in the lithium sector will provide increased opportunities for local workshops and sub-contractors.

Strengthening commodity prices have helped conclude a smooth quarter for IGO and braced Pilbara Minerals through a period of lower production and labour shortages.

A strained WA labour market and plant shutdowns have forced Pilbara Minerals to trim its forecasted production and shipping guidance for the financial year.

Pilbara Minerals has emerged out of a 24-hour trading halt with finalised plans to build a $1 billion lithium hydroxide plant in South Korea.

From struggling junior explorers to booming miners, Tony Kiernan has a breadth of experience few company directors can match.

Lithium miner Pilbara Minerals has started commissioning its Ngungaju plant which it acquired from Altura Mining earlier this year.

WA's mining industry is renowned for its technical innovations, but key industry players believe far more could be achieved.

Chris Ellison-led Mineral Resources has pocketed almost $330 million from the sale of its stake in lithium miner Pilbara Minerals.

The board of Pilbara Minerals has approved the restart of a lithium plant it acquired from Altura Mining, expected to boost the company's overall production.

Pilbara Minerals is considering the joint development of a midstream lithium chemicals refinery at its Pilgangoora operation in WA, under an agreement with Sydney-based Calix.

Lithium miner Pilbara Minerals will use a $US15 million prepayment from one of its offtake partners to fund plant improvements at its Pilgangoora operations.

Several Perth companies executed value-creating mergers and acquisitions last year, none more so than Pilbara Minerals.

Shares in Pilbara Minerals continued their strong rally today as the company announced record quarterly shipments and highlighted the lift in global lithium prices.

Pilbara Minerals has launched a $240 million equity raising to fund its acquisition of Altura Mining's Pilgangoora lithium project.

Pilbara Minerals has lodged a $US175 million bid for fellow lithium miner Altura Mining, though Altura is working on its own recapitalisation plan after being put in receivership.

Sustainability and social responsibility were on the agenda at Diggers & Dealers.

There's life in WA's shell-shocked lithium mining and processing industry, according to one of its veterans, Pilbara Minerals chief executive, Ken Brinsden.

Pilbara Minerals says it will make big cost savings after refinancing its existing debt facility, with continued backing from Clean Energy Finance Corporation and global bank BNP Paribas.

Pilbara Minerals has signed a five-year offtake agreement with China-based Yibin Tianyi to supply lithium from its Pilgangoora project in Western Australia.

Our comprehensive annual survey of chief executive remuneration shows wide variation across companies.

updated: Pilbara Minerals temporarily suspended its operations today after Homicide Squad detectives were called to investigate a suspicious death at its Pilbara lithium mine.

Continued Chinese investment into Western Australia could hinge on a fair outcome in the long-running dispute between CITIC Pacific and Clive Palmer's Mineralogy, according to Consul General Zhihua Dong.

Pilbara Minerals has undertaken a $91.5 million capital raising, underpinned by China's largest manufacturer of electric vehicle batteries, as it seeks to strengthen its balance sheet amid a downturn in the lithium sector.