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Lynas picks COO as interim boss

Lynas Rare Earths has appointed chief operating officer Pol Le Roux as interim chief executive while it continues its search for a permanent successor to Amanda Lacaze.

Mining 21 Apr 2026

Lynas saves on diesel, sales revenue soars

Lynas Rare Earths expects higher costs stemming from the Middle East conflict but has remained largely insulated from the fuel crisis due to its hybrid power plant, as its sales revenue soars.

Deals 26 Mar 2026

Lynas partners on Vietnam rare earths facility

Lynas Rare Earths has shaken hands with a South Korean power and communications manufacturing firm to develop a rare earths metal production facility in Vietnam.

Deals 16 Mar 2026

Lynas strikes rare earths deal with Pentagon

Lynas Rare Earths has struck a deal with the United States Department of War to supply US$96 million worth of its sought-after critical mineral at a premium floor price.

Deals 10 Mar 2026

Lynas sets floor price in revised Japan deal

Lynas Rare Earths has struck an updated supply deal with its long-term Japanese trading partner and has set a price floor price of US$110 per kilogram for its rare earth magnet material.

Mining 26 Feb 2026

Lynas profit soars as rare earth prices climb

Lynas Rare Earths' profit has surged more than thirteenfold after pocketing a higher price for its sought-after product, despite power outages at its Kalgoorlie plant.

Mining 21 Jan 2026

Rare earth prices offset Lynas' output decline

Lynas saw a jump in its quarterly revenue despite power disruptions at its Kalgoorlie processing plant.

Mining 14 Jan 2026

Rinehart’s rare praise for Lacaze

Gina Rinehart has lauded Amanda Lacaze's voice against overbearing bureaucracy, following the Lynas Rare Earths CEO's shock retirement announcement.

Mining 13 Jan 2026

Lacaze to leave Lynas

Lynas Rare Earths chief executive Amanda Lacaze will leave the company in June, after a transformational and colourful 12-year stint at its helm.

Mining 12 Jan 2026

Details emerge on $1.2bn critical minerals reserve

Rare earths, gallium and antimony will receive top billing under the federal government's $1.2 billion critical minerals reserve designed to firm up Western supply chains.

Deals 09 Jan 2026

Rare earths to turbocharge M&A in 2026

Rare earths are tipped to turbocharge deal activity in 2026 as Western governments prepare to deploy an arsenal of critical minerals policy measures, law firm Allens predicts.Allens’ lates

Energy 19 Dec 2025

Grappling with gridlock on the fringe

Industrial operators on the outer fringes of WA's main power network are weighing up their options as competition for electricity rages.

Mining 26 Nov 2025

Lynas won't rely on White House as Texas plan falters

Lynas Rare Earths chief Amanda Lacaze says she isn't relying on the White House to crack the US market, as offtake talks drag and its proposed Texas plant looks “unlikely to proceed”.

Mining 25 Nov 2025

Lynas pins production hit on Kalgoorlie power outages

Lynas Rare Earths has blasted “unpredictable” and escalating power disruptions in Kalgoorlie, saying they have stifled its quarterly production amid heightened demand for its product.

Mining 30 Oct 2025

Lacaze: Protect proven rare earths players

Amanda Lacaze says it's vital that governments protect the existing rare earths supply chain, with Lynas Rare Earths at its core, as taxpayer funds flow to new developers

Mining 29 Oct 2025

Lynas in $180m heavy rare earths expansion

Lynas Rare Earths is investing $180 million in expanding its heavy rare earths production capacity and product range to meet heightened demand for the critical mineral outside of China's grasp.

Government 13 Oct 2025

US–China rivalry fuels rare earths opportunity

Australia's critical minerals sector is gaining momentum as US–China trade tensions escalate, prompting new deals, investment and government action to secure new supply chains.

Deals 08 Oct 2025

Lynas strikes US rare earths magnet deal

Eastern Goldfields miner Lynas Rare Earths has shaken hands with a US manufacturer to build a non-China supply chain for rare earth magnets, with defence customers to be given top priority.

Mining 29 Aug 2025

Rare earth players seek stability

The importance of rare earths has prompted Western governments to intervene in the market in an effort to shore up alternative supply chains.

Mining 28 Aug 2025

Lynas raises +$800m, flags US uncertainty

Lynas Rare Earths will raise as much as $815 million to accelerate its growth, as it pushes to capitalise on a growing appetite outside China for rare earth products.

Mining 27 Aug 2025

Rinehart’s rare earths portfolio triples to $2.69bn

The value of Gina Rinehart's rare earths portfolio has more than tripled to about $2.69 billion on a share price rally since the sector was upended and governments intervened to break China's stronghold.

Bulls N' Bears 15 Aug 2025

Runners of the Week: OD6 Metals, Mount Ridley Mines, ActivePort & ETM

Bulls N' Bears ASX Runner of the Week is… OD6 Metals, after it unveiled a low capex, lower-cost product from its mammoth Splinter Rock rare earth project near Esperance. Mount Ridley Mines rode the rare earths coattails based on its nearology to OD6 in the rare earths region, ActivePort Group launched an Australian first private cloud superhighway and Energy Transition Minerals shot up on a 60 Minutes story on its monster Greenland rare earths project.

Mining 05 Aug 2025

Arafura chief keen on rare earth price floor

Arafura Rare Earths boss Darryl Cuzzubbo has beckoned the prospect of a price floor in the government's critical minerals stockpile, which he says could break China's price control.

Luca Giacovazzi says Wyloo’s diversified portfolio has helped the business navigate market upheaval. Photo: Michael O’Brien

Mining 05 Aug 2025

Wyloo in rare air as it mines experience

Wyloo chief executive Luca Giacovazzi is targeting multibillion-dollar opportunities as an investor and mine manager.

Mining 24 Jul 2025

Lynas sees significant demand, price uptick

Global trade turmoil is driving a significant increase in demand for Lynas Rare Earths' products, as the WA miner is the largest rare earths producer outside of China's dominant control of the market.

Bulls N' Bears 11 Jul 2025

ASX Runners of the Week: Yandal, Imagion, Falcon & Bayan

This week's Bulls N' Bears ASX Runners of the Week is… Yandal Resources, after the company identified a gold discovery of potentially massive scale in one of WA's prolific gold belts. Imagion shot up on positive talks with the US FDA on its Phase 2 breast cancer imaging technology, Falcon intercepted some of the highest grade gold in Australian drilling this year and Bayan scooped up a strategic rare earths project next to the world-class Mountain Pass mine.