• Aclara expanded Project Dynamo, its planned Louisiana rare earth separation plant, to add yttrium, gadolinium, samarium alongside NdPr, dysprosium, terbium.
• Basic engineering is being revised; solvent extraction mixer-settlers are expected to rise to about 478 from about 340.
• Installation started on new solvent extraction circuits at its Virginia Tech demonstration plant; yttrium equipment has arrived, with gadolinium, samarium circuits next.
• The demonstration plant footprint will double; technical staffing is planned to roughly double to support the expanded program.
• Groundbreaking remains targeted for Q1 2027, subject to financing; the project has a Louisiana state air permit.

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