BASE METALS

The Pilbara's new bubble

The once-champion of the Pilbara, iron ore, looks to have had its day in the sun for now, but is there a new white knight emerging from Western Australia's mining heartland?

Andrew Snelling
Looking southwest over Pilbara Minerals' Central pegmatite system.

Looking southwest over Pilbara Minerals' Central pegmatite system.

Those paying attention will have noticed the rapidly growing bubble of activity just south of Port Hedland recently, a bubble exuding the kind of excitement that seems to have been missing from the Pilbara...

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