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Eneabba Mine

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Eneabba Mine

Location: 229 km N from Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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Level 17, 240 St Georges Terrace
Perth
Western Australia, Australia
6000

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Overview

Mine TypeTailings
StageRestarting
Commodities
  • REE
  • Ilmenite
  • Zircon
  • Rutile
  • Monazite
  • Xenotime
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
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SnapshotIluka is developing Australia’s first fully integrated refinery for separated rare earth oxides, including neodymium, praseodymium, dysprosium, and terbium. The refinery processes rare earth minerals from Iluka’s current and future mineral sands mines, enhancing their economic value.

The Eneabba Rare Earths Refinery consists of two phases, with a third phase under construction. During 2024, procurement, engineering, equipment fabrication, and site works contracts progressed, while infrastructure upgrades, including high-voltage powerlines and office buildings, continued.

Following funding discussions, the refinery’s economics were reviewed, incorporating three development scenarios. Construction activities are ongoing.

Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Iluka Resources Ltd. 100 % Indirect
Iluka Rare Earths Pty Ltd holds a sublease of Mining Lease M267SA from Iluka Eneabba Pty Ltd and M70/821 from Iluka Midwest Pty Ltd. Iluka Rare Earths Pty Ltd, Iluka Eneabba Pty Ltd and Iluka Midwest Pty Ltd are wholly owned subsidiaries of Iluka Resources Limited.

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Deposit type

  • Tailings

Summary:

The Eneabba Mineral Separation Plant (MSP) By-Product Mineral Resource is located within the Perth Basin however the material is made up of mineral sands by-product from Iluka’s Narngulu MSP. Being a minerals sands stockpile there is no geological structure. The stockpile physically presents as a fine grained sand and is approximately 300m in length, 150 wide and varies from 1 to 15m in thickness. The fine grained, dark brown to black material is easily distinguishable from the yellow clayey sand it resides on.

A half to one meter cap of orange brown, gravelly, clayey sand covers the resource. A mixed zone of the by-product and capping immediately below the capping with high HM grade in combination with elevated slimes and oversize is recognised, being defined in the resource estimation and reporting.

The tailings material comprises a mixture of ilmenite, staurolite, aluminosilicates, zircon and the rare earth bearing mineral ‘monazite’, a naturally-occurring radioactive material (NORM).

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Comminution

Crushers and Mills

Milling equipment has not been reported.

Processing

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Production

CommodityProductUnits20212020Avg. Annual
REE Oxide in concentrate kt 12
Nd2O3+Pr6O11 Oxide in concentrate kt 2.7

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Production Costs

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