September 2024
Want to do business in Asia? Beware your unconscious bias: Lynas boss
Amanda Lacaze, the managing director of Lynas Rare Earths, narrates how she set aside a full day for cultural awareness during her trip to Malaysia.
July 2024
Lynas puts the acid on Labor after BHP halts nickel work
The rare earth company’s managing director, Amanda Lacaze, says the Albanese government should step in to help stop other companies becoming collateral damage.
May 2024
Perth’s high-flyers turn out to toast Financial Review’s Mining Summit
The state’s political and business leaders gathered at Perth’s Wildflower for the second The Australian Financial Review Mining Summit dinner.
April 2024
Lynas boss leaves door ajar for rare earths mega-merger
Lynas boss Amanda Lacaze says there may be a time when big rare earths makes sense and confirms she is a great admirer of Gina Rinehart and her commitment to mining.
Rinehart snares big stake in Lynas Rare Earths
The share raid has fuelled speculation that Australia’s richest person may emerge as a kingmaker in any rare earths mega-merger.
March 2024
Lynas not standing still after mega-merger stalls
Lynas boss Amanda Lacaze missed out on a tie-up with a New York-listed rival aimed at challenging China’s dominance. What next for the rare earths player?
December 2023
What our top CEOs read, watched and listened to in 2023
Feminist icons, inspirational leaders, sports stars and punk rock got Australia’s top chief executives excited this year.
Rinehart’s common sense crucial to green mining transition
Policy-makers need to heed the calls by two prominent female resource sector leaders not to hobble the upstream mining sector on which the nation’s prosperity rests.
AFR Business People of the Year | What CEOs want | Inside Chemist Warehouse
In this week’s episode, James and Anthony take a deep dive into what CEOs want to see from Anthony Albanese in 2024 and discuss the astounding Chemist Warehouse deal.
Lynas CEO snatches victory from the jaws of defeat
Never-say-die Lynas Rare Earths chief executive Amanda Lacaze says doing right is the best defence when opponents seek to cause mischief.
October 2023
Albanese doubles critical minerals subsidies to $4b
Cheap finance and loan guarantees will be available for miners keen to expand exports and tap into Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act schemes.
September 2023
Lynas boss lashes Labor’s industrial relations snow job
Amanda Lacaze says businesses will not be fooled again by the Albanese government’s industrial relations agenda.
August 2023
Lynas hit with cost blowout on rare earths plant
Rare earths producer Lynas says a blowout won’t derail its plans to secure new mines and build downstream capacity in Texas in partnership with the Pentagon.
Lynas seeking new mines, leaving nothing to waste
Lynas Rare Earths threw its hat into the M&A ring and will delve into tailing stockpile territory as part of a strategy to diversify product mix.
Biden doubles Lynas funding to more than $300m
It is the third time that the ASX-listed mining group has announced US government support for the construction of a light rare earths refinery in the country.
July 2023
Lynas to withhold supply after rare earths price plunge
Lynas will build inventory as insurance against production hiccups in the expectation of a rebound in rare earths prices.
February 2023
Lynas builds rare earths inventory ahead of ban
The world’s biggest non-China supplier of rare earths is building up inventory ahead of a ban on a crucial step in the production process in Malaysia.
Lynas blasts Malaysia call that threatens rare earths supply
The $1 billion Lynas plant is the world’s largest single rare earths processing facility and the only scale producer of separated rare earths outside China.
Lynas braces for Malaysia blow to rare earths supply
Malaysia appears to have taken a hardline on Lynas despite lobbying by Western nations concerned about China’s dominance in global supply of rare earths.
January 2023
Lynas races the clock as it lobbies Malaysia on partial plant closure
Lynas boss Amanda Lacaze urges Malaysia’s new government to judge the company on facts and not alarmist claims from activist groups.