Mount Weld
A supply chain built outside China: mined in Australia, refined in Malaysia.
- Material
- Rare earths
- Stage
- Mine
- Place
- Western Australia, Australia
- Operator
- Lynas Rare Earths
- Coordinates
- 28.86° S, 122.55° E
Seen from orbit
- Heat
- 0 of the last 7 days and 0 of the last 30 had furnace-hot pixels within 6 km (NASA FIRMS).
- Surface temperature
- Landsat, 5 Oct 2026: typical ground 29.2 °C; 0.0 ha more than 8 °C warmer than the land around it; hottest spot 4.2 °C above it.
- Radar
- Latest Sentinel-1 radar picture: 23 Oct 2026.
Signals show activity, not output. They are measured automatically and can be affected by weather, terrain and fires.
Facts
- Mining since 2011 in a 3 km wide carbonatite pipe
- Australia mined about 13,000 t of rare-earth oxide in 2024 (USGS)
- Concentrate goes to Lynas's plant in Kuantan, Malaysia