Browns Range Heavy Rare Earths Project
Sector: Wind • Location: Halls Creek, Western Australia, Australia
Source: ABC News & Headlines (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
The Browns Range project is a heavy rare earths mining and development project located in Western Australia's east Kimberley region. It holds one of the world's few high-grade heavy rare earth deposits outside of China, rich in dysprosium and terbium, critical minerals used in high-performance magnets for military hardware, electric vehicles, and wind turbines. Northern Minerals owns and is develo
- Status
- Prospective
- Sector
- Wind, Oil and Gas, Electric Vehicles (EVs), Automotive
- Location
- Halls Creek, Western Australia, Australia
- Updated
- 22 Jul 2026
- Source
- ABC News & Headlines (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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Original status | under development |
Taiyo status | Prospective |
Taiyo last update | 2026-07-22 |
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Description | The Browns Range project is a heavy rare earths mining and development project located in Western Australia's east Kimberley region. It holds one of the world's few high-grade heavy rare earth deposits outside of China, rich in dysprosium and terbium, critical minerals used in high-performance magnets for military hardware, electric vehicles, and wind turbines. Northern Minerals owns and is developing the project and plans to send rare earth ore to Iluka’s Eneabba Refinery for processing. |
Original sector | Mining and Metals Industry |
Location
Country | Australia |
State | Western Australia |
City | Halls Creek |
Source
Source | ABC News & Headlines (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |
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Record type | Project |
Sector | Wind, Oil and Gas, Electric Vehicles (EVs), Automotive |
Article published date | 2026-07-10 |
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