Delivering Critical Minerals Projects at Pace: Lessons from the $570M Mt Weld Expansion
Australian critical minerals projects typically take 15–17 years from discovery to production, yet Lynas delivered an $800M processing facility in under two and a half years and a $570M mine expansion on schedule. Alex Logan led the Mt Weld Expansion as Project Director and will share how an integrated owner's team, clear decision-making frameworks and the elimination of role duplication drove rapid delivery on a complex brownfield site. He'll explore how regional investment became a competitive advantage rather than a cost centre, and what the broader industry can take away and apply to their own projects.