LOGISTICS companies Toll Group and Qube have been announced as new service providers for the Lumsden Point development at Port Hedland in Western Australia’s Pilbara region.
They are to join two other companies, Mineral Resources and Pilbara Minerals (PLS) in securing “prime land lots” at Lumsden Point in what has been described as “a significant milestone for the project”.
Toll Group is to build a 19,500sqm mineral concentrate storage and handling facility at Lumsden Point.
Meanwhile Qube is to build an advanced bulk storage facility in stages, with an initial 12,000sqm high stacking shed and container handling hardstand.
According to Pilbara Port, the award of these lots “highlights the significant demand for additional port capacity in the Pilbara region”, which managed the export of $153 billion worth of commodities during the 2024-25 financial year.
Lumsden Point is expected to facilitate the export of battery metals and minerals and the import of renewable energy infrastructure including wind blades.
Imports are expected to begin in mid-2026.
The Commonwealth government is investing $565m in common user port upgrades in the Pilbara, with $450 million supporting Lumsden Point in partnership with the Western Australian government, which is contributing $96.6 million to the project.
According to Infrastructure Australia (IA), the Lumsden Point development seeks to alleviate increasing congestion and constraints on existing general cargo infrastructure at Port Hedland as well as facilitate trade.
IA says the proposals include the provision of an additional deep water general cargo facility in the Pilbara providing for expansion of direct shipping services.
“It will provide enabling infrastructure to diversify trade in the region, including growth in the export of battery metals and minerals including lithium concentrate and copper concentrate and the import of wind turbines and solar panels to support renewable energy and hydrogen projects,” IA stated.