Materials/Manufacturing

Permag Signs Lease for New Manufacturing Facility in Korntal-Münchingen to Serve the European Market

Permag, a global leader in rare earth materials, advanced engineering, and precision manufacturing of high-performance magnets and magnetic assemblies, announced the signing of a lease for a 3,000 m2 (32,300 sq2) manufacturing facility in Korntal-Münchingen, Germany. The new facility will strengthen the company’s footprint in Europe and enhance its ability to serve customers across the European market with faster lead times, localized support, and expanded production capacity. […]

Materials/Manufacturing

Applying Niobium to Nanocrystalline Soft Magnetic Materials for Energy Efficiency 

Many chefs have a favored secret sauce. The same principle occurs in metallurgy. For metallurgists and design engineers involved in magnetic performance for electrification, however, only a few of them have Niobium in their toolkit– yet. CBMM (Companhia Brasileira […]

Materials/Manufacturing

Vulcan Elements and Ucore Join Forces to Build Domestic Rare Earth Magnet Supply Chain; Follows $1.4 Billion Defense Deal 

March 24, 2026 – Durham, North Carolina – Vulcan Elements and Ucore Rare Materials have executed a Memorandum of Understanding with Ucore Rare Metals to collaborate on the development of an American domestic rare earth magnet supply chain for defense and […]

Materials/Manufacturing

MP Materials to Build “10X” Magnet Manufacturing Campus in Texas; Disengages Business Dealings in China 

February 26, 2026 — MP Materials Corp. today announced it has selected a 120acre site in Northlake, Texas, to develop “10X,” the company’s planned large-scale rare earth magnet manufacturing campus. Located less than 10 miles from its Independence facility in Fort Worth, the new campus will cement North Texas as the center of gravity for the United States’ rare earth magnet supply chain, says the company. […]