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Iluka forges ahead with rare earths plans – The Australian Financial Review
The mineral sands miner is set to begin producing ready-for-processing rare earths material and has raised the prospect of building its own plant in Australia.
“That 90 per cent monazite concentrate is a direct feedstock for a rare earths cracking and leaching plant and so it could be supplied to a range of customers, a range of cracking and leaching operators largely in China,” he said.
“Or if a rare earth cracking and leaching plant is built elsewhere, perhaps in Australia, it could be supplied to that.
“We have also said in the past that we are actively exploring the potential for downstream processing in Australia ourselves and we are consulting …
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