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Heavy rare earths firm Northern Minerals has replaced Nicholas Curtis as chairperson with the appointment of Adam Handley as part of a board restructuring. Curtis has taken on the role of strategic adviser of the company for at least another year, to provide Northern Minerals with continued access to his rare earths and project development expertise as it advances the Browns Range project, in Western Australia.
The company has rejected an attempt by Chinese interests to gain access to its books and dump its executive chairman in a row over a rare earths project.
Australia is talking tough in an escalating dispute over Chinese attempts to maintain a monopoly on the supply of materials essential in defence and other industries.
Bomber eyes the battleground for Northern Minerals
A Singapore group accused of covert attempts to gain control of a WA project has links to conglomerates tasked with maintaining a stranglehold on global supply.