- CEO
- Pietro De Leo
- Full Time Employees
- 1,300
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Engineering & Construction
- Address
- 1 Adelaide Terrace East Perth WA Australia 6004
- IPO Date
- Oct 16, 2014
- Business
- Lycopodium Limited is an Australian-based engineering consulting and project delivery firm that provides multidisciplinary services across the resources, industrial processes, and infrastructure sectors. The company offers feasibility studies and advisory; process development and optimisation; engineering and design including front-end engineering design (FEED) and detailed design; project management and controls; construction management; commissioning and operations support; process control and optimisation; asset management; performance assessment and improvement; modular and pre-engineered solutions; and mineral processing equipment, delivered primarily through engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) or engineering, procurement, construction management (EPCM) models, as well as custom delivery approaches. It serves clients in mining and minerals including iron ore, precious metals, base metals, battery metals, bulk minerals, diamonds, and gemstones; industrial processes encompassing pharmaceuticals, biotech, manufacturing, chemicals, energy, food and beverage; and infrastructure such as rail, roads, bridges, and buildings; with operations spanning Australia, North America, South America, and other global markets.
Founded in 1992 and headquartered at 1 Adelaide Terrace, East Perth, Western Australia, Lycopodium operates through specialist subsidiaries and brands including SAXUM, which provides multi-disciplinary engineering and project management for mineral processing, cement and lime, manufacturing, infrastructure, and oil and gas; Orway Mineral Consultants (OMC), focused on comminution, beneficiation, hydrometallurgy, process design, optimisation, and auditing; and Mondium, a joint venture with Monadelphous for mineral processing EPC projects and infrastructure.
In February 2025, Lycopodium acquired a 60% shareholding in SAXUM for US$7.1 million, with options to purchase an additional 25% on the fifth anniversary and 15% on the seventh, enhancing its capabilities in mineral processing and expanding its presence in South America, the USA, and Australia. The company reported fiscal 2025 revenue of A$339.6 million, down 2.7% from the prior year, alongside a 16.8% decline in profit after tax to A$42.2 million, amid ongoing growth in its engineering services backlog.