Mt Cattlin mine

{{Short description|Mine in Western Australia}}

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| place = Ravensthorpe, Western Australia

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| country = Australia

| owner = Arcadium Lithium

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| products = Spodumene concentrate

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| opening year = 2009

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The Mt Cattlin mine is a spodumene-tantalite mine {{convert|2.2|km}} north of Ravensthorpe, Western Australia. In 2019 Mt Cattlin had a reserve of {{convert|8.2|e6t|e9lb|abbr=off}} of ore grading 1.29% {{chem|Li|2|O}} and 155 ppm {{chem|Ta|2|O|5}}.{{cite web |title=2019 Resource and Reserve Update |url=https://gxy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/44fxrbh0l5ypmj.pdf |publisher=Galaxy Resources |accessdate=29 August 2020 |location=Applecross, WA |date=11 March 2020}}

The mine was operated by Galaxy Resources between 2009 and 2012 before being placed on care-and-maintenance in 2013.{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-20/galaxy-lithium-mine-shuts-down/4584842|title=Lithium mine shut down in blow to Ravensthorpe |first=Jacob |last=Kagi |date=20 March 2013}}{{cite web|title=Mt Cattlin Update: October 2015|url=http://www.generalmining.com/pdf/asx_releases/12_10_2015/GMM218%202015-10-12%20Presentation%20-Mt%20Cattlin%20update.pdf|website=General Mining Corporation|accessdate=13 January 2016|location=Perth, WA|date=12 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160221203400/http://www.generalmining.com/pdf/asx_releases/12_10_2015/GMM218%202015-10-12%20Presentation%20-Mt%20Cattlin%20update.pdf|archive-date=21 February 2016|url-status=dead}} Mine production restarted on 31 March 2016 with a 17-year mine life at a rate of {{convert|800|e3t|e9lb|abbr=off}} of ore per year.{{cite web|title=Lithium concentrate production commences at Mt Cattlin |url=http://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20160401/pdf/4366rv115j4ycm.pdf |website=ASX|publisher=Galaxy Resources Limited|accessdate=18 April 2017|date=1 April 2016}}{{cite web|title=Institutional Roadshow: December 2015|url=http://www.generalmining.com/pdf/asx_releases/09_12_2015/GMM236%202015-12-09%20presentation%20Dec%202015.pdf|website=General Mining Corporation|accessdate=13 January 2016|location=Perth, WA|page=7|date=9 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160108035551/http://www.generalmining.com/pdf/asx_releases/09_12_2015/GMM236%202015-12-09%20presentation%20Dec%202015.pdf|archive-date=8 January 2016|url-status=dead}} In January 2017 the first shipment of {{convert|10|e3t|e6lb|abbr=off}} of lithium concentrate was consigned from Esperance to Lianyungang, China.{{cite web|url= http://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/rural-news/2017-01-03/galaxy-resources-waves-off-first-lithium-shipment/8159118 |title=Galaxy Resources waves off first lithium shipment from Mt Cattlin mine|work=ABC Rural|date=3 January 2017|access-date=9 January 2017}}{{cite web|title=First Lithium concentrate shipment from recommissioned Mt Cattlin Operations|url=http://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20170103/pdf/43f3418970f1v2.pdf|website=ASX|publisher=Galaxy Resources Limited|access-date=18 April 2017|date=3 January 2017}} Following a decrease in lithium prices in 2024,{{cite news|title=The Lithium Price Cycle Has Bottomed. What To Expect Next For These Stocks.|url=https://www.investors.com/news/lithium-stocks-prices-mining-industry/#:~:text=Lithium%20Prices%20Are%20Down%20But%20Not%20Out&text=Slipping%20demand%20for%20electric%20vehicles,expensive%20component%20in%20that%20chain.|work=investors.com|date=11 August 2024|first=Kit|last=Norton}} the mine was once again placed on care-and-maintenance, with operations to be suspended by mid-2025.{{cite news|title=Arcadium to put Mt Cattlin on hold|url=https://www.australianmining.com.au/arcadium-to-put-mt-cattlin-on-hold/#:~:text=Arcadium%20Lithium%20will%20transition%20its,ore%20processing%20by%20mid%2D2025.|work=australianmining.com.au|date=6 September 2024|first=Kelsie|last=Tibben}}