ENVIRONMENT

Lynas looks to expand Mt Weld

RARE earths miner Lynas wants to increase the development window at its existing Mount Weld operations near Laverton in Western Australia from 505 hectares to 2802ha to accommodate another 23 years of mining.

 Mt Weld open cut

Mt Weld open cut

The initial proposal for the Mt Weld operations was approved by then-WA environment minister Cheryl Edwardes in 1998. Back then the life-of-mine was 15 years. Lynas wants to expand infrastructure...

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