mine · Australia

Greenbushes

The largest and highest-grade hard-rock lithium mine in the world.

OperatingProductionProject score 92

Operator

Independent

Country

Australia

Mine life

30 yrs

Capex

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Profile

Resource, economics and jurisdiction

Resource: Exceptional grade spodumene pegmatite with a very long resource life.
Production: Around 1.5 Mt of spodumene concentrate annually.
Economics: Lowest-cost hard-rock lithium operation globally.
Infrastructure: Established road and port access to Bunbury.
Jurisdiction: Very low risk
Ownership: Talison: Albemarle 49%, IGO/Tianqi 51%
Region: Western Australia

Overview

The largest and highest-grade hard-rock lithium mine in the world.

Methodology

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Resource Quality: 99 (weight 1.2) — Grade, continuity and metallurgical complexity of the resource.
Project Scale: 95 (weight 1) — Annual output potential relative to the global market for its primary mineral.
Development Stage: 88 (weight 0.9) — How far the asset has advanced toward or through production.
Jurisdiction: 95 (weight 1.1) — Political stability, permitting predictability and rule of law.
Infrastructure: 95 (weight 0.9) — Access to power, water, transport and processing capacity.
Economics: 93 (weight 1.2) — Cost position and margin resilience through the price cycle.
Strategic Importance: 96 (weight 1) — Relevance to national critical mineral strategies and allied supply chains.
Supply-Chain Value: 92 (weight 1) — Whether the asset relieves a genuine downstream bottleneck.
Sustainability: 84 (weight 0.9) — Carbon intensity, water use, tailings approach and community standing.
Execution Risk: 88 (weight 1) — Technical, financing and schedule risk to reaching nameplate output. Higher is lower risk.