It was once hoped WA would be in the "box seat" to process critical minerals like lithium. So why are processors like Albemarle pulling the pin?

Resources Minister Madeleine King met the boss of battery chemicals giant Albemarle in Washington as the company prepared to shut down its lithium hydroxide plant south of Perth and deal a new blow to ...

Battery minerals giant Albemarle is shutting down its lithium hydroxide plant south of Perth in a devastating blow to ...

Wesfarmers is one half of a $2.6bn joint venture with lithium heavyweight SQM. Their refinery neighbours a misfiring lithium ...

US lithium giant Albemarle has shut down its Kemerton lithium hydroxide processing plant in WA’s South West in a move expected to impact about 250 workers.

US lithium giant Albemarle will fully shut its Kemerton lithium refinery in a fresh blow to the Albanese government’s plan to ...

Accounts of unusual White House meeting reflect new approach to obtaining critical minerals that observers describe as gloves ...

When Israeli businessman Dan Gertler set his sights on Congo, he found the minerals he was looking for, and a whole new world ...

Britain’s last operational tin mine, South Crofty, has been sitting dormant in Cornwall for nearly 30 years. But now the ...

Javelin Minerals is hitting its straps as it heads towards production at the Eureka gold project near Kalgoorlie in 2026.

The close encounter came about 8.40am on Thursday in knee-deep water about 12 metres offshore, according to Surf Life Saving WA. The kayaker, who was not injured in the incident, reported the shark ...