Unlikely heroes: how lithium mining could change the Pilbara for the better

Currently the world's biggest producer of lithium, Australia is well-placed to take advantage of the lithium-ion battery solar storage boom

Out Western Australia way unlikely new environmental heroes can be found toiling in the red ochre dust of the Pilbara.

Until recently companies such as Altura Mining, which has a long rap sheet of coal projects to its name, weren't exactly contributing to the effort to curb global carbon emissions, but that is about to change.