Oct 30 (Reuters) - Australia's Lynas Rare Earths ( LYSCF )

reported a 66.1% rise in first-quarter revenue on

Thursday as an emerging Western supply chain fuelled demand

expectations and underpinned prices for strategic metals.

The world's largest producer of rare earths outside China

posted sales revenue of A$200.2 million ($130.09 million) for

the quarter ended September 30, up from A$120.5 million a year

earlier.

The results, however, missed the Visible Alpha consensus

estimate for sales revenue of A$230 million.

($1 = 1.5389 Australian dollars)