Critical minerals developer FYI Resources has moved into the rare earths processing business with the execution of an agreement for the staged acquisition of Minhub Operations Pty Ltd (MOPL). MOPL plans to provide rare earths processing solutions to suppliers of rare earths rich mineral sands via offtake of concentrates, including from the Gippsland and Murray…
FYI Resources has appointed an engineering services contract for the high purity alumina (HPA) demonstration plant it is developing in Western Australia with its partner, Alcoa. The company has appointed Hatch Engineering as an engineering services provider to support work on studies for the demonstration plant, which follows the successful operation of a pilot plant…
Perth materials technology group FYI Resources has announced a positive result from its definitive feasibility study (DFS) for its Western Australian high purity alumina (HPA) project. The company, which plans a kaolin mine at Cadoux, WA and a processing plant at Kwinana south of Perth, has also secured $80 million in development equity financing for…
Standards provider GS1 Australia has announced the release of new Australian Standards by Standards Australia, marking a pivotal milestone towards a more uniform Australia. These new standards incorporate the use of standard GS1 keys, which enable organisations to assign standard identifiers to products, components, documents, assets, and physical locations, according to an announcement. The keys…
Perth materials technology group FYI Resources has successfully achieved a 15 percent increase in output from a sample production campaign at its high purity alumina (HPA) pilot plant in Western Australia. The company said the success demonstrated improvements in HPA’s process efficiencies and product recovery based on learnings from previous work and project development refinements.…
The energy and resources industry growth centre is to launch GeneratER, a new open innovation challenge aiming to boost SME manufacturers in the energy resources supply chain. With similar programs successful in a wide range of industries, National Energy Resources Australia will launch GeneratER next week in Perth, offering SMEs the opportunity to capture a…
Perth materials technology group FYI Resources has increased estimates of the net present value of its Western Australian high purity alumina (HPA) projects by 87 per cent to $1.33 billion (US$1.014 billion) The company plans a kaolin mine and processing at Cadoux, WA and an HPA production plant at Kwinana south of Perth. FYI said…
A joint venture pilot plant by Perth materials technology group FYI Resources and Alcoa of Australia has successfully produced 99.9986 per cent purity alumina (Al2O3). The companies said the high purity alumina (HPA) achieved in the plant was an outstanding outcome and validation of FYI’s HPA refining process and flowsheet design. FYI plans a kaolin…
Perth materials technology group FYI Resources has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with alumina producer Alcoa of Australia for ‘the potential strategic development’ of FYI’s high purity alumina (HPA) project. FYI has completed a definitive feasibility study (DFS) for its Western Australian HPA project involving a kaolin mine at Cadoux, WA and a processing…
Perth materials technology group FYI Resources (ASX: FYI) has received the major approvals it needs to roll out its strategy of producing high purity alumina from a mine and processing plant in Western Australia. The company announced today it has received approval from the WA mines department for a mine and processing plant to exploit…
