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Liontown Posts Higher Fiscal Q3 Spodumene Concentrate Production at Western Australia Operation

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-- Liontown (ASX:LTR) produced 96,367 dry metric tonnes (dmt) of spodumene concentrate and sold 83,912 dmt spodumene concentrate at its Kathleen Valley lithium operation in Western Australia during the fiscal third quarter ended March, according to a Thursday Australian bourse filing.

The company produced 95,709 dmt of spodumene concentrate and sold 93,940 dmt of spodumene concentrate at Kathleen for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, an earlier filing showed.

It generated revenue of AU$197 million during the quarter, up from revenue of AU$104 million during the quarter ended March 31, 2025.

The company reported AU$424 million in cash at quarter end along with 26,270 dmt of saleable inventory on hand.

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