Lynas开设澳大利亚首家稀土加工厂
Lynas opens Australia's first rare earths processing plant
Kallanish（开阑商务信息咨询）报道，Lynas Rare Earths位于澳大利亚卡尔古利的稀土加工厂周五正式开业，这是澳大利亚首家此类工厂。
Lynas Rare Earths on Friday officially opened its rare earths processing facility in Kalgoorlie, Australia – a first for the country, Kallanish learns.
该公司表示，这座耗资8亿澳元（约合5.301亿美元）的设施在获得全部施工许可后，在不到两年半的时间内就投入使用了。该厂将把Mt Weld矿的精矿加工成混合稀土碳酸盐（MREC）。
The AUD 800 million ($530.1m) facility was opened in under two and a half years after securing full construction approvals, the company says. It will process concentrate from Lynas’ Mt Weld mine into mixed rare earth carbonate (MREC).
这些材料将作为Lynas在马来西亚的分离厂的原料，为每年生产9,000吨钕和镨（NdPr）成品铺平道路。这些稀土氧化物用于生产电机磁铁。
The material will serve as feedstock to Lynas’ separation plant in Malaysia, paving the way for the production of 9,000 tonnes/year of neodymium and praseodymium (NdPr) finished products. These rare earth oxides are used to produce magnets for electric motors.
未来，Lynas打算在其计划中的美国工厂加工来自卡尔古利工厂的材料。
In future, Lynas intends to process material from the Kalgoorlie facility in its planned US plant.
Lynas首席执行官兼常务董事Amanda Lacaze说，这个“雄心勃勃”的项目首次在澳大利亚建立了稀土下游加工厂。“这是我们Lynas 2025发展战略的一个基础项目，也是Lynas和我们的股东的一项重大财务投资。”
Lynas ceo and managing director Amanda Lacaze says the “ambitious” project has established downstream rare earths processing in Australia for the first time. “It was a foundational project for our Lynas 2025 growth strategy and a significant financial investment for Lynas and our shareholders.”
澳大利亚政府表示，作为中国以外最大的稀土加工设施，该设施将具有“全球意义”。预计将直接创造115个就业岗位。
The Australian government says the facility will be “globally significant” as the largest rare earths processing facility outside of China. It is expected to create 115 direct jobs.
目前，全球稀土加工能力高度集中，根据国际能源机构的数据，2023年中国占全球精炼产量的92%。中国以外的大型精炼设施寥寥无几，包括Lynas的设施、爱沙尼亚Neo Performance Materials运营的工厂和越南的Vietnam Rare Earth JSC工厂。
Currently, the global rare earths processing capacity is highly concentrated, with China accounting for 92% of the global refined output in 2023, according to the International Energy Agency. Only a few ex-China large-scale refining facilities exist, including Lynas’ facilities, a plant operated by Neo Performance Materials in Estonia, and the Vietnam Rare Earth JSC plant in Vietnam.
西澳大利亚矿产与能源商会（CME）首席执行官Rebecca Tomkinson说，Lynas工厂将“在为低排放能源和国防应用建立供应链韧性方面发挥重要作用”。
Rebecca Tomkinson, the ceo of the Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia (CME) says the Lynas plant will play a “vital role [in] building supply chain resilience for both low-emission energy and defence applications.”
Tomkinson在另一份声明中表示：“西澳大利亚拥有地球上最丰富的稀土矿藏，要将这些矿产推向市场，就需要继续关注简化和加快项目评估，促进交钥匙工业用地的供应，并确保获得可靠、具有成本竞争力和低排放的能源。”
“Western Australia possesses some of the richest rare earth deposits on the planet,” Tomkinson adds in a separate statement. “Bringing those minerals to market will require a continued focus on streamlining and accelerating project assessments, boosting the supply of turnkey industrial land and ensuring access to reliable, cost-competitive and low-emission energy.”
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