Amanda Lacaze

Lynas Corporation has signed a memorandum of understanding with US-based Blue Line Corporation to set up a rare earths separation facility in Texas, following ongoing regulatory issues at its processing plant in Malaysia.

Lynas Corporation chief executive Amanda Lacaze says the company is around two months away from deciding on a Western Australian site to expand its processing operations.

Lynas Corporation has signed an agreement with the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder to review potential sites for a cracking and leaching plant, as the rare earths producer seeks to assuage concerns from Malaysia around radioactive waste.

Rare earth producer Lynas Corporation intends to sublease an industrial zoned property from the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, three months after signing an agreement with the mining town to review potential sites for its cracking and leaching plant.

Rare earths miner Lynas Corporation has moved ahead with the development of its Kalgoorlie processing plant after signing a $21.6 million contract with Metso Outotec.

Lynas Corporation is raising $425 million to build its proposed rare earths processing facility in Kalgoorlie, while also disclosing an annual loss of $19.3 million.

Lynas Corporation has moved closer to building its onshore rare earth processing facility, announcing it will lease 135 hectares of industrial-zoned land from the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder.

ASX-listed Lynas Rare Earths has entered into an agreement with the US Department of Defense to build a commercial light rare earths separation plant in Texas.

Lynas Rare Earths has benefited from a favourable commodity market, having grown its net profit from $3 million to $40.6 million in the year to December 2020.

Eight businesses including Lynas Rare Earths, Albemarle Corporation and Australian Vanadium have secured nearly $50 million in federal government manufacturing grants.

Record sales and a buoyant market have led to Lynas Rare Earths reporting a 286 per cent increase in first-half profit to $157 million.

Lynas Rare Earths has firmed up a contract with the US Department of Defence to build a $US120 million heavy rare earths separation facility in Texas.

Lynas Rare Earths has recorded a "very strong" result of close to $300 million in sales revenue for the final quarter of the past financial year.

Lynas Rare Earths plans to substantially expand production capacity at its Mt Weld mine, adding to a big investment it is already making in downstream processing in the Goldfields.

Acute shortages of labour and accommodation are crimping growth in the Goldfields more than most parts of WA.

The Amanda Lacaze-led miner is celebrating a record profit on the back of higher rare earths prices ahead of a year of big investment into expanding production capacity.

Lynas Rare Earths has reported a bolstered sales revenue of $232.7 million in the December quarter, while its Malaysian operation hinges on a contract extension.

Lynas Rare Earths chief executive Amanda Lacaze plans to take legal action over conditions in the company’s Malaysian licence that could force the closure of part of its processing operations.

Lynas Rare Earths is building inventory ahead of the Malaysian government's upcoming ban on cracking and leaching at its processing facility.

Lynas Rare Earths has secured a major funding boost from a Japanese government-backed entity on the proviso that Japanese customers are given priority in future.

Lynas Rare Earths has avoided the need to shut down part of its Malaysian plant after securing a six-month extension for its operating licence.

Falling demand in North Asia for elements used in industrial magnets, electric cars and defence technology have taken the shine off a production record for Lynas Rare Earths.

Rare earths from Western Australia will be processed in Texas for defence and industrial needs under an updated contract with the United States government.

Lynas Rare Earths chief Amanda Lacaze ends the absence of female speakers at Diggers & Dealers, calling for more infrastructure investment to foster domestic critical minerals efforts.

The projected budget to build Lynas Rare Earths’ Kalgoorlie processing facility has escalated to $780 million, up from the previous estimation of $575 million.

Hancock Prospecting has labeled proposed federal industrial relations reform unclear and claimed it could delay the development of the Ridley magnetite project by four years.

Lynas Rare Earths chairman Kathleen Conlon has announced she will retire after 12 years with the ASX-listed company.

Rare earths miner Lynas has landed a court date to challenge the operating licence conditions affecting its Malaysian operations.

Lynas Rare Earths’ shares are surging after it secured a variation allowing it to continue importing and processing lanthanide concentrate from its Malaysian facility.

Lynas Rare Earths has announced a fall in its quarterly production and revenue streams, citing a temporary shutdown at its Malaysian processing plant.

Shares in Lynas Rare Earths were slightly up on Monday, despite news the company's net profit after tax for the first half of the 2024 financial year was down 74 per cent.

Lower commodity prices have played a role in Lynas Rare Earths revenue taking a hit in the March 2024 quarter, along with news that the cost of its Kalgoorlie processing facility is set to rise.

Stubbornly low prices continue to weigh on Lynas Rare Earths’ revenue and production, while it assesses acid supply options following the BHP Nickel West fallout.

Lynas Rare Earths’ Amanda Lacaze says the critical minerals sector needs improved shared infrastructure to be competitive with China's dominant rare earths industry.

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Lynas Rare Earths has pointed to positive moments in the rare earths price market in recent months after "stubbornly low" prices impacted its full-year results.

The number of women running ASX300 companies has stagnated in the past year with a survey also showing multiple WA companies have no women in their executive leadership group.

Shareholder returns were not always reflected in the scale and growth of public-listed executive pay packets last financial year.

An annual processing limit on Lynas Rare Earth’s Malaysian operations impacted production, but the Amanda Lacaze- steered company still lifted revenue for the last quarter.

Lynas Rare Earths' profit has plummeted 85 per cent as challenging market conditions for the China-dominated critical mineral continue to weigh on the producer and processor.