Lynas unable to confirm Lamp speculation

Rare earths miner Lynas on Wednesday said that despite media reports to the contrary, the company was unable to confirm if the appeal against its temporary operating licence would be resolved soon. Responding to media reports in Malaysia, which...

Lynas launches legal action in Malaysia, says plant nearing completion

Rare earths firm Lynas has launched defamation proceedings against the naysayers of its processing plant in Malaysia. In its March quarterly results report, the Australia-based company stated that it had started proceedings against the Save...

High Court rules in favour of Lynas

The Malaysian High Court on Thursday sided with embattled mineral sands miner Lynas, denying an application to apply for a judicial review of the temporary operating licence granted to the Lynas Advanced Materials Plant (Lamp). A group of...

More opposition to Lynas’ Malaysia rare earths plant

The Lynas Advanced Materials Plant (Lamp) for mineral sands, in Malaysia, was facing more opposition after an appeal was lodged to the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, who approved a temporary operating licence for the plant....

Lynas shares soar on Malaysia licence approval

Shares in rare earths developer Lynas surged more than 19% on the ASX on Thursday after Malaysia's Atomic Energy Licensing Board (AELB) approved a temporary operating licence for its rare earths refinery in that country. The operating licence for...

Lynas upgrades Mount Weld resource

Rare earths miner Lynas has increased the mineral resource estimate for its Mount Weld project, in Western Australia, by some 37%. The project is now estimated to host a mineral resource of some 23.9-million tons, grading 7% rare-earth oxide, for...

Lower rare earths price healthy – Lynas CEO

Australia-based Lynas CEO Nicholas Curtis said on Wednesday that the recent price retracement for rare earths was a healthy development for the industry. He said rare earth prices, particularly those outside of China, had reached unsustainable...

Lynas says Malawi project faces rights dispute

Rare earths miner Lynas might face a tug of war over its Kangankunde carbonatite complex (KGK) project, in Malawi. Lynas said on Thursday that it had received correspondence from a party claiming that in 2003, the government of Malawi acted...

Lynas disputes headline

Rare earths miner Lynas has taken offence at a headline in local press, which read that the company had not been granted a licence to import rare earth ores into Malaysia. “As far as Lynas is aware, no decision has been made yet by Malaysian...

Lynas seals rare earth supply agreement with BASF

Mineral sands developer Lynas has signed a long-term agreement with BASF Corporation for the supply of rare earths from the Lynas Advanced Materials Plant (LAMP), in Malaysia. Under the contract, Lynas would supply product from both phase one and...

More community consultation needed in Malaysia, Lynas concedes

Rare earths developer Lynas chairperson Nicholas Curtis on Wednesday conceded that the company “probably didn’t do enough” community engagement in Malaysia before starting up its Lynas Advanced Materials Plant (LAMP). Curtis said on the...

Forge shares fall 49% as Lynas deal gets cancelled

Shares in explorer Forge Resources tumbled nearly 49% on Wednesday, after rare-earths developer Lynas terminated a A$20,7-million deal regarding the Crown and Swan deposits, which contain tantalum, niobium and phosphates. Lynas would have...