The content comes mostly due to the planned construction of a processing facility in Texas and the overall plans for company expansion. Mandiant said the cyber attacks are targeting "an industry of strategic significance to the People's Republic of China", and particularly companies that challenge Beijing's market dominance. Lynas' position is challenging Beijing's 90 per cent dominance of the global rare earth processing industry – one of the world's most strategically important industries. Lynas' development of rare earth mining and processing facilities is being challenged, to maintain countries like Australia, the United States and Germany relying on Chinese industries. Lynas Rare Earths, who own the Lynas Mt Weld mine in Western Australia is one of the world's premier rare earth deposits, and set to expand in the coming months as demand for the rare earth deposits needed for renewable energy technologies continue to grow.