Lumsden Point

Pilbara Ports is progressing the development of a new multi-user facility and logistics hub at Lumsden Point in the Port of Port Hedland.

The Lumsden Point development will facilitate the export of battery metals such as lithium and copper concentrates, the import of renewable energy infrastructure including wind turbines and blades, as well as support the growth of direct shipping services to the Pilbara.

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The Commonwealth Government is investing $565 million to support common user port upgrades in the Pilbara, part of which will enable the development of Lumsden Point. This is in partnership with the Western Australian Government, which has committed $96.6 million to the project.

Growing the capacity of Pilbara Ports has been identified by Infrastructure Australia as a national infrastructure priority and the Lumsden Point project is a strategically significant, critical enabler of key Federal and WA Government programs.

It will support several Federal Government initiatives, including:

• Boosting Australia’s Diesel Storage Program;
• Pilbara Hydrogen Hub;
• Critical Minerals Strategy 2022; and
• Recycling Modernisation Fund.

It also supports the WA Government’s:

• Western Australian Climate Policy (supporting the implementation of clean energy projects);
• Renewable Hydrogen Strategy (supporting renewable energy production and Pilbara Hydrogen Hub);
• Future Battery and Critical Minerals Industries Strategy (development of lithium and copper projects);
• State Infrastructure Strategy (expansion of direct shipping in the State's north); and
• Diversify WA: Future State (supporting the creation of jobs, growing and diversifying the economy and attracting investment).

ACIL Allen estimates that once operational, Lumsden Point will add $22.6 billion in Gross Domestic Product and create an additional 6,204 full-time equivalent jobs across Australia to 2032-33.

Lumsden Point will include dredging of channel access and turning basins, construction of two new multi-user berths, and a central access road and service corridor connecting to Great Northern Highway, enabling private sector investment in a landside logistics hub.

This port expansion will help to position Port Hedland at the forefront of future green industries, helping drive WA’s transition to renewables, unlocking trade and investment opportunities and creating hundreds of new jobs.