#Australian rare earths producer #Lynas to submit plant tender to #USArmy
Dec 13 (Reuters) – Australia’s Lynas Corp on Friday said it would submit a compliant tender in response to the U.S. Department of Defense’s call for proposals to build a heavy rare earths separation plant in the United States.
The world’s only major rare earths producer outside China said in a statement the tender period was not yet closed. It gave no other details.
Reuters on Wednesday had reported about the U.S. Army plans to fund construction of rare earths processing facilities, as part of an urgent push by Washington to secure domestic supply of the minerals used to make military weapons and electronics.
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