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Last updated: September 5, 1996
The proposal is to build and operate a rare earth plant on a site 4 km south of Alcoa Alumina Refinery and adjacent to the existing Rhone-Poulenc Gallium Plant at Pinjarra, approximately 100km south of Perth and 30 km south-east of Mandurah. The plant will produce 15,000 tonnes per annum (tpa) of solid rare earth nitrate concentrate. Read more...Last updated: September 12, 1991
Rhone-Poulenc Chimie Australia Pty Ltd (Rhone-Poulenc), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the French company Rhone-Poulenc Chimie, operates a Gallium Plant at Pinjarra, 88km south of Perth. The Gallium Plant site has been developed on a 20 ha area within its 500 ha property. Recently, the plant was put on care and maintenance due to an over-supply of gallium on the world market. The company proposes to use a small portion of the site to establish a chemical batching and packaging plant in which it... Read more...Last updated: September 30, 1988
The proposal is to establish a Rare Earth Treatment Plant at Pinjarra in Western Australia. The proposal has two stages. The first stage would treat the monazite with caustic to produce a solid containing rare earth hydroxides and a calcium phosphate waste. The second stage would treat the solid containing the rare earth hydroxide to produce rare earth salts, thorium waste and the ammonium nitrate waste., Note:, Upon consideration of this proposal the Environmental Protection Authority... Read more...