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Mineral Resources Limited (MinRes)
Mineral Resources Limited (ASX: MIN; HQ Perth, WA; ~$4B revenue) is an Australian mining services and lithium company that is a 40% JV partner with Albemarle in the Kemerton Lithium Hydroxide Plant in Western Australia. MinRes also operates the Mount Marion spodumene mine (50% JV with Ganfeng Lithium), contributing feedstock to the Chinese LiOH supply chain. Kemerton is a two-train LiOH plant (Train 1 and Train 2, each 50,000 t/year; 100,000 t/year total capacity) that converts spodumene from the nearby Greenbushes mine. MinRes experienced financial stress in 2024-2025 from debt load accumulated during lithium expansion; the company's founder Chris Ellison faced governance controversy. Despite these challenges, Kemerton remains one of Australia's largest industrial investments and one of the few large-scale LiOH plants outside China. Source: Mineral Resources ASX disclosures 2023-2024; Albemarle Annual Report.
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Mining Services (Crushing & Processing)
42%Lithium (Spodumene & LiOH)
35%Iron Ore
20%Energy & Infrastructure
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Did you know2024
MinRes operates the Mount Marion spodumene mine as a 50:50 JV with Ganfeng Lithium — China's largest lithium producer. This JV gives Ganfeng (and indirectly the Chinese battery supply chain) a direct equity stake in Australian hard-rock lithium production. MinRes provides the operational mining services expertise while Ganfeng provides strategic offtake relationships and capital. The same company that provides crushing infrastructure services to Australia's broader mining sector has embedded Chinese capital into Australian critical mineral extraction through the JV structure — a supply chain governance dynamic that Australia's FIRB (Foreign Investment Review Board) and the US-Australia critical minerals partnership have been navigating simultaneously.
Mineral Resources Limited ↗Origin2023
Mineral Resources Limited was founded in 1993 by Chris Ellison as a mining services contractor, providing crushing plant design and operation to Western Australia's booming resource sector. Ellison built MinRes's mining services business by offering to take equity positions in mining projects rather than just cash fees — in exchange for lower-cost services, MinRes received project stakes. This model gave MinRes ownership in lithium and iron ore projects during the critical minerals boom, transforming a services contractor into a significant commodity producer while retaining the services arm as a competitive differentiator.
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