Australian Firm Produces Heavy Rare Earth, First Outside China

The Lynas Malaysia Advanced Materials Plant, a key facility in rare earth processing outside China. Image via Lynas

Australian firm Lynas Rare Earths says it has become the first commercial producer outside China of heavy rare earths, used in an array of renewable energy technologies.

Lynas produced dysprosium oxide at its new facility in Malaysia, offering customers a non-Chinese source for the first time, it said in a statement Friday.

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