LYNAS Corp Ltd (Lynas) has selected Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, as the location for its new cracking and leaching plant, marking its first step in establishing a critical minerals hub in the Goldfields region.
The cracking and leaching plant will upgrade the Lynas Mt Weld rare earth concentrate which is currently exported to the company’s rare-earth processing facility in Malaysia, marking the company’s step towards delivering on the Australian government’s critical minerals strategy and the objective of the Western Australia government for more downstream processing.