Installation works completed across the Kangankunde process plant’s separation circuits ahead of commissioning at Lindian Resources’ Kangankunde rare earths project in Malawi, with first production targeted for December. Credit: File ASX 300-listed Lindian Resources (ASX: LIN) has the pedal to the metal at its Kangankunde rare earths project in Malawi, with construction hitting key milestones as it heads towards first monazite concentrate production in December. Kangank

Red Metal’s drilling at its 100%-owned Sybella rare earths project near Mt Isa in Queensland. Credit: File For decades, the Western market’s playbook for breaking China’s choke-hold on the rare earths sector read like an instructional manual on how to incinerate capital. The strategy was almost dogmatic: target complex, hard-rock monazite or apatite monsters, raise astronomical sums of cash, and then attempt to construct eye-wateringly expensive, high-temperature crackin

Chingeni substation (pictured) is the connection point for Lindian Resources Kangankunde project’s dedicated 33kV grid supply. ESCOM has inspected, commissioned, and energised the 27 km line to site. Credit: File Lindian Resources (ASX: LIN) has flicked the switch on grid power at its massive Kangankunde rare earths project in Malawi, hitting a critical milestone two weeks ahead of schedule and about 20 per cent under budget in a major de-risking event for the aspiring pr

Lindian Resources executive director Zac Komur with the Honourable Minister of Mining, Thoko Tembo, during a Kangankunde site tour on 23 September 2026. Credit: File Lindian Resources (ASX: LIN) has confirmed its flagship Kangankunde rare earths project in Malawi is clear for take-off, reaffirming that its export position remains unchanged local regulations as development of the operations site progresses towards first production late 2026. The company says that following h

The Honourable Minister of Mining, Thoko Tembo, on site at Lindian Resources’ Kangankunde rare earths development in Malawi. Credit: File Lindian Resources (ASX: LIN) is powering towards the production finish line at its Kangankunde rare earths project in Malawi, having already stockpiled 125,000 tonnes of ore on the run-of-mine (ROM) pad well ahead of schedule. With mining now in full swing at the stage one pit, drill-and-blast activities, ore haulage and ROM stockpiling

A concept design of Carester’s Caremag plant in France, where Lindian Resources will send its heavy rare earths product for refining. Credit: File Soon-to-be rare earths producer Lindian Resources (ASX: LIN) has inked a binding strategic partnership with French rare earths specialist Carester, locking in an offtake agreement for up to 20 years and kicking off plans for an add-on downstream oxide separation facility in Kazakhstan. The deal provides a long-term home for Lin

Lindian Resources’ recently acquired processing infrastructure within the SARECO mixed rare earths carbonate (MREC) facility. Credit: File In a savvy strategic move, Lindian Resources (ASX: LIN) has executed an exclusive option to secure a substantial heavy rare earth minerals stockpile in Kazakhstan. The material could become a ready-made feed source for its recently acquired Summit Atom Rare Earth Company's (SARECO) hydrometallurgical processing facility in the central

Lindian Resources says it remains on track for first production in Q4 at its Kangankunde rare earths project in Malawi, with construction advancing and ore now being stockpiled ahead of October’s commissioning.

Lindian Resources has secured full ownership of a Kazakhstan-based rare earth processing plant, accelerating its push to become a vertically integrated producer with a mine-to-market strategy outside China.

Lindian Resources’ giant Kangankunde rare earths project in Malawi is being progressed as one of the world’s next major monazite concentrate and mixed rare earth carbonate supply sources. Lindian Resources (ASX: LIN) has successfully ticked off another key technical milestone for its Kangankunde rare earths project in Malawi. Metallurgical testwork by the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) independently validated the company’s full downstream p

Lindian Resources’ drill rig working on the blast hole pattern in the company’s Kangankunde stage-one open pit. Lindian Resources (ASX: LIN) has moved from builder to miner at its giant Kangankunde rare earths project in Malawi after firing the operation’s first production blast to start active mining. The milestone takes the company another step along its path from project developer to rare earths producer, with first output still scheduled for the December quarter.

Lindian Resources proposed processing plant layout for the company’s massive Kangankunde rare earths project in Malawi. Lindian Resources (ASX: LIN) is establishing a regional office in the global commodity trading hub of Singapore to manage its international sales, marketing and logistics as it charges towards becoming a rare earths producer. The company says the move to bring its marketing functions in-house is a direct response to “unparalleled demand” for its future

Production drilling rig at Kangankunde's stage one pit marks a key mining-readiness milestone as Lindian shifts the giant Malawian rare earths project from construction towards production. Lindian Resources (ASX: LIN) is rapidly transforming its giant Kangankunde project in Malawi from a construction site into an operating rare earths mine, with key milestones now ticked off, bringing it to the final run before commissioning and production. With the haul road to the sta

Lindian Resources mining and construction crew on site next to an owner-operator mining fleet at its Kangankunde rare earths project in Malawi. Lindian Resources (ASX: LIN)looks to be charging towards the finish line at its world-class Kangankunde rare earths project in Malawi, with the company on schedule to hit first production in the final quarter of this year. In a comprehensive construction update, the company confirmed plant commissioning is targeted for October,

Lindian Resources is locking in its downstream strategy with a state-backed sulphuric acid supply deal for its Sareco rare earths plant in Kazakhstan. Credit: File Lindian Resources (ASX: LIN) has moved to bulletproof the downstream strategy for its 51 per cent-owned Sareco mixed rare earths concentrate facility in Kazakhstan, securing a long-term, low-cost domestic supply of sulphuric acid just as global markets prepare for a massive supply shock. The company has established

Lindian Resources’ new Komatsu D155AX bulldozer arriving on-site in January. Credit: File Lindian Resources (ASX: LIN) has locked in a shrewd local funding boost for its Kangankunde rare earths project in Malawi, with NBS Bank approving a US$11.635M (A$16.62M) composite facility to help smooth out its development run towards production. The funding package includes US$4.635M (A$6.62M) in equipment finance over five years and US$7M (A$10M) in working capital over three years.

Lindian Resources’ Kangankunde mine overview in Malawi showing its Pit 1 access and haul road infrastructure, the development of which – along with all other earthmoving and transport - is heavily reliant on secure fuel availability. Credit: File Lindian Resources (ASX: LIN) has added another layer of cost certainty to the company’s giant Kangankunde rare earths project in Malawi, locking in diesel pricing as it pushes through construction and commissioning ahead of first pro

Lindian Resources has landed a fresh $100 million from a placement to fully fund its Kangankunde rare earths project in Malawi and its Kazakhstan processing facility through to production.

External view of Lindian Resources’ newly completed Tipume workforce accommodation camp at the company’s Kangankunde rare earths project in Malawi. Credit: File Lindian Resources (ASX: LIN) has ticked off another key milestone at its Kangankunde rare earths project in Malawi, East Africa, with its Tipume accommodation camp now officially open and operational. The completion of permanent on‑site accommodation clears a key logistical hurdle for the project, allowing for a cont

This week’s Bulls N’ Bears ASX Runner of the Week is… OD6 Metals. Credit: Bulls N' Bears/File It’s probably not a great thing that, despite war breaking out between the United States and Iran, it almost feels familiar at this stage. March has dawned and the long-simmering showdown finally boiled over last weekend. The US and Israel unleashed Operation Epic Fury on the Islamic Republic of Iran and, within the first day, had taken out the head of the snake, assassinating the op