# Pilbara Minerals (ASX: PLS) Critical Minerals Exposure

Pilbara Minerals is linked to 1 critical mineral: a producer of lithium. It is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange as PLS and based in Australia.

Source: https://www.stockatomics.com/companies/pilbara-minerals-asx-pls
Exchange: ASX
Ticker: PLS
Country: Australia
Production verified from filings: no

## Critical minerals linked to Pilbara Minerals

| Mineral | Role | Price per kg (USD) | 1M change | Stocks |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Lithium](https://www.stockatomics.com/commodities/lithium-price-us) | Producer | $89.62 per kg contained | +24.4% | [Lithium stocks](https://www.stockatomics.com/commodities/lithium-stocks) |

## Sectors Pilbara Minerals serves

- [AI](https://www.stockatomics.com/sectors/ai)
- [Batteries](https://www.stockatomics.com/sectors/batteries)
- [Defence](https://www.stockatomics.com/sectors/defence)
- [Electric Vehicles](https://www.stockatomics.com/sectors/electric-vehicles)
- [Power Grids](https://www.stockatomics.com/sectors/power-grids)
- [Robotics](https://www.stockatomics.com/sectors/robotics)
- [Semiconductors](https://www.stockatomics.com/sectors/semiconductors)

## About Pilbara Minerals

Pilbara Minerals is a Perth-based lithium producer and the owner of Pilgangoora in Western Australia, one of the largest hard-rock lithium operations in the world. It sells spodumene concentrate to chemical converters and battery makers, has a downstream joint venture with POSCO in South Korea, and expanded into Brazil by acquiring Latin Resources.

## Pilbara Minerals' critical minerals business

Lithium is Pilbara Minerals' critical mineral. Pilgangoora produces spodumene concentrate sold to converters, mainly in China, while its joint venture with POSCO in South Korea turns part of it into lithium hydroxide. The Brazilian assets open up a second lithium province, positioning the company to supply battery makers on more than one continent.

## Where Pilbara Minerals operates

Pilgangoora lies in Western Australia's Pilbara region, south of Port Hedland, from which its concentrate is exported. Through Latin Resources, Pilbara Minerals now holds the Salinas lithium project in Minas Gerais, Brazil, and its hydroxide joint venture with POSCO is at Gwangyang in South Korea.

## In the Stockatomics Terminal

Share price against its minerals, mineral exposure by value, the exposure score and its components, verified production with sources, downstream demand exposure and catalysts affecting Pilbara Minerals.

## FAQ

### Which critical minerals does Pilbara Minerals produce?

Pilbara Minerals is linked to 1 critical mineral: it is a producer of lithium. Each mineral's price is on its page: [Lithium](/commodities/lithium-price-us).

### Is Pilbara Minerals a lithium stock?

Yes. Pilbara Minerals is a producer of lithium, one of the 8 listed companies Stockatomics links to it. [See all lithium stocks](/commodities/lithium-stocks).

### Where is Pilbara Minerals listed?

Pilbara Minerals is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange under the ticker PLS (ASX: PLS), and is based in Australia.

### What is Pilgangoora?

A hard-rock lithium operation in Western Australia's Pilbara region, producing spodumene concentrate from one of the largest lithium deposits in the world.

### Does Pilbara Minerals produce lithium chemicals?

Through its joint venture with POSCO in South Korea, which turns spodumene concentrate into lithium hydroxide for battery makers.

## Related companies

- [Albemarle](https://www.stockatomics.com/companies/albemarle-nyse-alb) (NYSE: ALB): Lithium
- [Eramet](https://www.stockatomics.com/companies/eramet-epa-eramet) (EPA: ERAMET): Lithium, Manganese, Nickel
- [IGO](https://www.stockatomics.com/companies/igo-asx-igo) (ASX: IGO): Lithium, Nickel
- [Liontown Resources](https://www.stockatomics.com/companies/liontown-resources-asx-ltr) (ASX: LTR): Lithium
- [Mineral Resources](https://www.stockatomics.com/companies/mineral-resources-asx-min) (ASX: MIN): Lithium
- [Rio Tinto](https://www.stockatomics.com/companies/rio-tinto-nyse-rio) (NYSE: RIO): Aluminum, Boron, Copper, Gallium, Lithium, Scandium, Silver, Titanium
- [Sociedad Quimica y Minera](https://www.stockatomics.com/companies/sqm-nyse-sqm) (NYSE: SQM): Lithium, Potash

## Sources

- Company filings: Pilbara Minerals’ minerals and its role in each.
- U.S. Geological Survey (USGS): the US critical minerals list.
- Stockatomics: each mineral’s benchmark price per kg.

Last updated 18 October 2026.