Greenbushes
Australia mines more lithium than any other country, but most of its concentrate has been refined in China.
- Material
- Lithium
- Stage
- Mine
- Place
- Western Australia, Australia
- Operator
- Talison Lithium (Tianqi–IGO 51%, Albemarle 49%)
- Coordinates
- 33.86° S, 116.06° E (approximate)
Seen from orbit
- Heat
- 0 of the last 7 days and 0 of the last 30 had furnace-hot pixels within 6 km (NASA FIRMS).
- Surface temperature
- Landsat, 2 Oct 2026: typical ground 19.8 °C; 4.7 ha more than 8 °C warmer than the land around it; hottest spot 9.4 °C above it.
- Radar
- Latest Sentinel-1 radar picture: 26 Oct 2026.
Signals show activity, not output. They are measured automatically and can be affected by weather, terrain and fires.
Facts
- Described as the largest hard-rock lithium mine in the world
- Expansion aims at more than 160,000 t of lithium carbonate equivalent a year
- Australia mined about 88,000 t of lithium in 2024 (USGS)