林地资源与法国稀土企业达成20年长期采购协议

澳洲稀土企业林地资源（Lindian Resources）与法国稀土专家卡瑞斯特（Carester）达成具有约束力的战略合作协议，锁定稀土产品购销关系。1根据协议，卡瑞斯特将采购林地资源在哈萨克斯坦SARECO加工厂生产的混合重稀土碳酸盐产品的70%，并运往法国卡瑞美格（Caremag）冶炼厂。1购销协议初期为10年，可选延长两个5年期，总计最长20年。1

两家公司将联合推进在哈萨克斯坦斯捷普诺戈尔斯克建设钕镨氧化物分离设施的可行性研究，该设施年产能为8000吨，目标生产纯度超过99.5%的产品。1卡瑞美格冶炼厂已获得法国和日本3.5亿美元的政府资金支持。1

Australian rare earth company Lindian Resources has entered into a binding strategic partnership with French rare earth specialist Carester, locking in a 20-year offtake agreement for rare earth products 1. The deal comprises an initial 10-year term with the option to extend for two further five-year periods 1. Under the arrangement, Carester will purchase 70 percent of the mixed heavy rare earth carbonate product manufactured at Lindian's SARECO processing facility in Kazakhstan, with the material destined for Carester's Caremag refining plant in France 1.

Beyond the immediate supply agreement, the two companies plan to jointly advance a feasibility study by year-end for constructing a new 8,000-tonne annual capacity neodymium-praseodymium oxide separation facility in Stepnogorsk, Kazakhstan 1. The facility targets producing the oxides at a purity exceeding 99.5 percent 1. Lindian's Executive Chairman Robert Martin stated that Carester possesses "world-class separation technology and long-term market channels," with the Caremag facility having secured 350 million U.S. dollars in government funding from France and Japan 1. This backing positions Caremag to capture approximately 15 percent of global dysprosium and terbium oxide production 1.