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Lynas Corp hit an early snag in Environmental Approvals

[AndyScience]

This is all i have for this article. I hope they can get it thru for those who bought into Lynas.

The Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment (DAWE) has
Lynas Corporation has hit an early snag in the environmental approvals process after submitting its plans for a rare earths processing plant and associated storage of low-level radioactive waste in Western Australia.

The Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment (DAWE) has suspended its time frame for making a decision on the Lynas plans.
A department notice said the revised statutory time frame for what the Morrison government and other nations regard as a strategically important project is now 15 business days after it receives additional information requested from Lynas.

The request for additional information has come come from a delegate of Environment Minister Sussan Ley.

[ausheds]

"Lynas Corporation has hit an early snag in the environmental approvals process after submitting its plans for a rare earths processing plant and associated storage of low-level radioactive waste in Western Australia. The Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment (DAWE) has suspended its time frame for making a decision on the Lynas plans. A department notice said the revised statutory

[ausheds]

Nuclear actions Nuclear actions are: establishing or significantly modifying a nuclear installation transporting spent nuclear fuel or radioactive waste products arising from reprocessing establishing or significantly modifying a facility for storing radioactive waste products arising from

[ausheds]

Note: mining or milling uranium ores, excluding operations for recovering mineral sands or rare earths Some public servant is confusing Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material with Technically Enhanced NORM, Lynas material is a low level 6Bq in the ore, 6Bq in the concentrate, and the same 6Bq in the residues and classified as NORM. Mineral sands miners are regularly

[asdomke]

This has been an unresolved issue with Lynas. They keep throwing the issue down the road. They need someone like UCore to partner up with. 

[PipinoCuevas]

Asdomke how the heck is ucore going to help lynas? they have been doing this for the last decade. We are just attempting another separation technology  maybe fast forward 5 yrs if we had MRT.   just can't think of any use ucore would be when we have been in our infancy for the last decade If UCORE gets some real exciting results after a commercial rapid SX plant is demonstrated,

[ausheds]

Do some research, like the two IAEA reports, it is a beat up not an issue. Mineral sands processors are permitted to deal with far higher levels of NORM. Most phosphate fertilizer has NORM similar level Lynas residues. This will not be an issue, other than Lynas does not have a lot of time to waste. BTW, nothing to do with process, all about the level of NORM in the ore, Ucore has nothing to

[CdnScorpion]

Actually, one of the stated advantages of MRT is that they have ligands that can pull the Thorium and Uranium out of the process right near the start, and at a purity that they could actually be marketed, not left to be disposed of in the tailings. That is potentially where UCore could help out other processors of REE.

[PipinoCuevas]

Absolutely  a lot of things may happen if we get MRT its been 20 months and although there has been some positive progress in court, it's nowhere close to being finished.  Hoping court timeline gets accelerated ASAP 

[Dragonsmyth7]

Hey Pip, Should know more after the 21st. Dragon 

[Dragonsmyth7]

Dear Cdn Scorpion, You are part right in your statement about Ligands, Thoriom and Uraniom.  The way MRT works is that REE as a group is pulled out of the PLS.  Leaving the Thorium and Uranium behind in the PLS.  Then the REE group is broke down to the lights and heavies.  Then into each REE element. Leaving what is left in the PLS to be made into back fill paste/cement.  

[ausheds]

That is totally crazy, you concentrate the U & Th then you have the massive expense & security protocols to handle what is a small volume, low value product in U and there is no mkt for Th so you then have the massive cost of storing it securely, again with a mass of protocol. Very low level Th & U like Lynas <10Bq far better left dispersed in the tailings and managed just as the

[Dragonsmyth7]

Dear Ausheds, I agree with you on that statement, about concertrating Th& U. A question, please.  Like I have said before you know Lynas better than anyone this board.  Can you take through the flow from digging the ore to finish product?  Okay, they teh ore.  What is next? How does Lynas break donw the ore? We all know that MRT removes the REE as a group from the PLS

[Dragonsmyth7]

Dear Ausheds,  Sorry about the spelling and missed words, just got up from nap. Dragon

[ausheds]

Next time I come across a full flow sheet I'll link it here but briefly: Last mining campaign, blast & dig, graded 17% TREO and was loose, chocolate brown friable material, it was dumped in piles and then screened in-situ with portable plant, viewed all that first hand. The xenotime portion from the Duncan incursion was identified and stockpilied separately, this is the HRE rich material