Lynas Rare Earths has opened the Kalgoorlie Rare Earths Processing Facility, the first of its kind in Australia, with a ceremony officiated by Resources Minister Madeleine King, the Chair of the Lynas Rare Earths board, John Humphrey, and Lynas CEO & Managing Director Amanda Lacaze. The Kalgoorlie Rare Earths Processing Facility is a key part…
By Peter Roberts Some years into Australia’s newfound awareness of critical mineral supply chains and their importance to electrification and new technologies, have things changed all that much? Mostly, despite the hype of our being a battery or other materials ‘superpower’, Australia still supplies the raw materials and others do the economic value adding in…
Lynas Rare Earths will produce two new separated heavy rare earth (HRE) products for the first time in the 2025 calendar year at its Lynas Malaysia metals processing plant. A new process at Lynas Malaysia will produce separated Dysprosium (Dy) and Terbium (Tb) for the first time and will complement Lynas’ existing light rare earths…
By Peter Roberts Mining company Iluka Resources has awarded long lead procurement packages for key equipment for the company’s planned rare earths refinery at its Eneabba zircon mine in Western Australia – the first refinery for rare earths in Australia for the minerals used in high technology products. The company is procuring the roasting kiln,…
Detpak wins national award for packaging design South Australian packaging manufacturer Detpak has received the APPMA Packaging Design Innovation Award for its Kerbside Recyclable Paper Bag for fresh potatoes. The APPMA (Australian Packaging and Processing Machinery Association) Awards of Excellence 2024 recognised Detpak, a subsidiary of the family-owned Detmold Group. Developed in association with potato…
DroneShield moves to profit on increasing global tensions Drone countermeasure company DroneShield has confirmed it moved to profit in FY23 on the back of rising global tensions and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The company reported record contracts and growing cash receipts which reached $73.5 million in FY23, five times the previous year. More than 68…
Commissioning has been completed and production ramp up is underway at Lynas Rare Earths new Kalgoorlie Rare Earths Processing Facility in Western Australia (pictured). Staff from the company’s Malaysian value-added metals production facility, which has been closed while capacity is increased to 10,500 tonnes of Neodymium and praseodymium (NdPr) per annum, are in Kalgoorlie assisting…
The Western Australian Government is refocusing the State’s activities in the rapidly evolving battery and critical minerals sector with the release of a new paper for public consultation. The state’s Battery and Critical Minerals Strategy opened for comment, aiming to build on successes already achieved by the increasingly lucrative industry. The state is already home…
Lynas Rare Earths has been given a reprieve by Malaysian authorities with a decision announced to update its license to import radioactive Lanthanide concentrates from its Mt Weld mine in Western Australia into Malaysia. The ore which is destined for its Malaysian metals production plant, has been subject to a long running campaign by environmentalists…
Lynas Rare Earths is preparing for various outcomes of its long running battle to maintain its license to import Lanthanide concentrates from its Mt Weld mine in in Western Australia into Malaysia. The ore which is destined for its Malaysian metals production plant, is radioactive and subject to a long running campaign by environmentalists and…
