Australian rare-earth ore processor wants to build a plant in the US

Rare-earth minerals are mostly processed in China, but a new project could change that
This week, two rare-earth mineral-processing companies announced a new joint-venture whose aim will be to establish a rare-earth ore processing plant in Hondo, Texas..
Construction takes place at the site of Lynas Corp.’s Advanced Materials Plant in the Gebeng Industrial Zone near Kuantan, Malaysia, on Thursday, April 19, 2012.
.Lynas Corp., an Australian rare-earths processor, and Blue Line Corp., a che