Company
Rare earths miner supplying the green energy industry
Perth, WA
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Lynas Rare Earths raised.
Companies Lynas Rare Earths acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Amanda Lacaze | CEO | @AuManufacturing |
Stories naming Lynas Rare Earths. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Analysis tracing Oliver Curtis from an insider trading prison term to his central role in Firmus's planned $7.2 billion Australian sharemarket listing, with Blackstone and Nvidia among its existing backers.
Arafura, partly owned by renewables critic Gina Rinehart, has finalised financing for its Northern Territory rare earths mine, with $1.2 billion in government support and wind turbine and EV makers as customers.
Arafura Rare Earths, part-owned by renewables critic Gina Rinehart, has locked in financing for its Nolans project, drawing roughly $1.2 billion in Australian and German government support despite her anti-net-zero campaigning.
US investment firm KKR has agreed to buy Zenith Energy, an Australian specialist in off-grid renewable power for mines, in a transaction reported at over A$2 billion following a bidding contest.
Canberra announces up to $840m for Arafura's Northern Territory rare earths project, while Liontown secures $550m in bank debt for its Kathleen Valley mine, with CEFC and Export Finance Australia among lenders.
Roundup of manufacturing briefs: Latrobe Magnesium's share placement, DroneShield and Cyclopharm results, Graphene Manufacturing Group's US OTCQX listing, an Electro Optic Systems dispute settlement, HEO London recruitment, and a green steel partnership.
Climate Energy Finance analysts review Australian federal and state programs backing critical minerals projects, covering government grants, low-cost loans, new budget funds and the private equity raises and debt facilities they catalysed.
Lynas's American subsidiary has received roughly US$120 million from the US Defense Department to cover construction of a Texas plant processing heavy rare earths, part of a trend of offshore processing by Australian producers.
Hastings Technology Metals' Yangibana rare earths project in Western Australia has received a $140 million Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility loan, positioning it to become the state's second major critical metals producer.
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