Pilbara Metals Group, Element 25 and Mineral Commodities are among WA businesses awarded millions in federal funding as part of a push to improve Australia's critical mineral potential.
About $150 million of non-lithium projects for the battery industry are in the pipeline for Kwinana, with Magellan Power and Pilbara Metals Group the latest proponents.
Lithex Resources chairman Malcolm Carson has been appointed executive chairman, to replace managing director Robert Mandanici, who has resigned from the company to pursue other business interests.