JOEST Australia’s Pilgangoora expansion order: design and wear notes for mine engineers
Reviewed by Tom Sullivan
First reported on International Mining – News
30 Second Briefing
JOEST Australia has secured the largest order in its history from Pilgangoora Operations Pty Ltd for the PLS P2000 Expansion Project at the Pilgangoora hard rock lithium mine in Western Australia. The contract covers multiple vibrating screens, feeders and a primary grizzly, building on JOEST’s previous scope at the site. With the P1000 Expansion Project due to complete in 2025, the new package signals further scaling of front-end crushing and screening capacity, with implications for equipment sizing, wear-liner selection and maintenance planning in high-throughput lithium circuits.
Technical Brief
- Contract scope centres on large vibrating screens, high-capacity feeders and a heavy-duty primary grizzly.
- Equipment is tailored for hard rock spodumene ore, implying high impact and abrasion design requirements.
- High wear environment will drive liner material selection, change-out intervals and spares inventory planning.
- Similar lithium expansions are increasingly standardising on large vibrating equipment to minimise footprint and civils.
Our Take
Alongside TOMRA Mining’s 22 ore sorters contracted for the same P2000 Expansion Project, JOEST Australia’s win suggests Pilgangoora Operations Pty Ltd is locking in a diversified suite of specialist equipment suppliers rather than relying on a single OEM for the lithium expansion phase.
Pilgangoora’s record FY26 spodumene concentrate output and reduced unit operating costs, noted in other lithium pieces in our database, indicate that the P1000 and P2000 expansion pathway is being executed from a relatively low-cost operating base, which typically gives contractors like JOEST more schedule certainty and less brownfield interface risk than in distressed turnarounds.
Prepared by collating external sources, AI-assisted tools, and Geomechanics.io’s proprietary mining database, then reviewed for technical accuracy & edited by our geotechnical team.
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