Materials/Manufacturing

Materials/Manufacturing

MP Materials Restores U.S. Rare Earth Magnet Production

January 22, 2025 Editorial Staff Comments Off on MP Materials Restores U.S. Rare Earth Magnet Production

MP Materials has reached a pivotal milestone in restoring the U.S. rare earth magnet supply chain. The company’s flagship Independence facility in Fort Worth, Texas, has commenced commercial production of neodymium-praseodymium (NdPr) metal and trial production of automotive-grade, sintered neodymium-iron-boron (NdFeB) magnets. These achievements bring the U.S. closer to reestablishing a fully integrated, domestic supply chain for these critical components for the first time in decades. […]

Materials/Manufacturing

UK Funds Recycling Projects with Ionic Technologies & Partners 

November 20, 2024 Editorial Staff Comments Off on UK Funds Recycling Projects with Ionic Technologies & Partners 

Ionic Technologies, a Northern Ireland-based subsidiary of Australian minerals company Ionic Rare Earths, has secured significant new grant funding from the British government that support developing collaborative rare earth element supply chains within the UK. Two grants have been awarded under Innovate UK’s Climates program involving Ionic and several program partners — Vacuumschmelze, Less Common Metals, the Materials Processing Institute and Swansea University.

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