Open Lode is the Critical Minerals editorial desk: a collection of narrated briefings and project notes covering the countries, elements, mines, and processing projects shaping critical-mineral supply. Browse the shelf to understand what is being produced, what remains open, and where capital, offtake, or development work may still be needed.
20 open projects
NdPr for permanent magnets. More than A$1.3 billion of funding assembled, including Commonwealth support, and named in the Australia–US framework. Reported among the few FIDs of 2022–2026.
Near Aileron, Northern Territory
- Stage
- FID taken
- Capital
- A$1.8bn
- Still open
- Construction, offtake discipline, and execution