Ms Lacaze and Lynas chairman Kathleen Conlon were asked several questions about the Kalgoorlie plant and whether it would be operational in time, but couldn’t provide the kind of guarantee wanted by some shareholders. Under one of four conditions set by Malaysian authorities, Lynas will no longer be allowed to import rare earths, which have a naturally occurring radioactivity, straight from its Mt Weld mine to its downstream operations at Kuantan on the South-East Asian nation’s east coast from July next year. Asked about the deadline, which in effect requires the Kalgoorlie plant to be operational, Ms Lacaze said: “We...