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Delivering Critical Minerals Projects at Pace: Lessons from the $500M 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 $500M 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.
Benchmark your project delivery timeline against the Mt Weld model. Identify where your approval and execution processes could be accelerated and map the conversations you need to have with government, contractors, and your own team to make it happen.
