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Construction takes place at the site of Lynas Corp.'s Advanced Materials Plant in the Gebeng Industrial Zone near Kuantan, Malaysia, on Thursday, April 19, 2012. Lynas Corp., an Australian mining company, said it's "seriously" affected by delays in getting a refining license in Malaysia where it's near finishing the first phase of the world's biggest rare-earths plant. Photographer: Goh Seng Chong/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Construction takes place at the site of Lynas Corp.'s Advanced Materials Plant in the Gebeng Industrial Zone near Kuantan, Malaysia, on Thursday, April 19, 2012. Lynas Corp., an Australian mining company, said it's "seriously" affected by delays in getting a refining license in Malaysia where it's near finishing the first phase of the world's biggest rare-earths plant. Photographer: Goh Seng Chong/Bloomberg via Getty Images