Materials/Manufacturing
Additive Manufacturing of Ferrite-based Materials
By Camille Crouzet, Ph.D., CEO, HYMAG’IN […]
Materials/Manufacturing
Materials/Manufacturing
Magnet & Rare Earth Exports Become Key Levers in Growing USA–China Trade War
Exports of rare earth magnets from China have become key targets in the growing tariffs war between the USA and China. The latest developments represent a dramatic escalation in the focus on magnetic rare earth materials – especially heavy rare earths — as a potent tool in trade policy, and have heightened attention globally to the issue of China’s dominance in the global supply chain. […]
e-Power Technology
Nidec Signs Up for American-Made Ecoflux Magnets from Noveon
Nidec Motor Corporation and Noveon Magnetics have made a 5-year, binding off-take agreement with the potential to supply more than 1,000 tons of total off-take of finished sintered NdFeB rare earth magnets to support Nidec’s […]
Materials/Manufacturing
Neo Reports Robust Performance, New Euro PM Plant Nearing Completion, China Operation Sold to Shenghe Resources
Neo Performance Materials reported strong profit increases in its full-year financial report for 2024, issued March 18. Highlights for its Neo Magnequench unit included a solid gain in earnings despite lower revenues, and continued progress in the construction of its new permanent magnet plant in Europe. In a separate announcement, the company reported on April 1 that as part of a corporate streamlining effort it completed the sale of most of its interest in a rare earth separations operation in China for about $28 million to an affiliate of Shenghe Resources. […]
Materials/Manufacturing
Arafura Signs Third NdPr Offtake Deal, This One with Traxys
Arafura Rare Earths has executed an offtake agreement with Traxys Europe, a global minerals trader based in Luxembourg, for the sale of NdPr oxide from Arafura’s Nolans Project in Australia. Contract volume is 100 tons […]
Materials/Manufacturing
Cergen to Come Onstream with Expanded Manufacturing in China
Cergen Technology, a manufacturer of magnetic cores and components in China, is making a major expansion at its new facility in Jiaxing southwest of Shanghai that is expected to go into operation this year. Construction […]
Materials/Manufacturing
thyssenkrupp Modernizes Plant for Thin-Sheet Electrical Steel
thyssenkrupp Steel has put into operation a new high-tech annealing and isolating line for producing electrical steel in Bochum, Germany. Part of a modernization project, the modern and energy-efficient plant in the Ruhr Valley now can manufacture up to 0.2 mm thin electrical sheet with particularly homogeneous mechanical and magnetic properties tailored for advanced EV motors. […]