BTW, it is not a case of bolting Sino modules together, any old...

BTW, it is not a case of bolting Sino modules together, any old grease monkey could do that.

You just don't seem to have any comprehension of the mammoth task in front of NTU to beneficiate such a low grade resource with its economics totally dependent on three minuscule components that are merely 0.008% Tb, 0.053% Dy & 0.004 Lu of host ore.

You put a tonne if ore in one end and you are trying to recover as much as you can of 0.065% of total mass out the other.

Several very experienced Met guys I've spoken to have suggested they'll be very lucky to get half, and that could take them a year or two, but I doubt they'll have that luxury.

You have really wandered into something here you have no understanding of, the IO references show that in spades.