Materials/Manufacturing

Metallium & Rice University Pursue Flash Joule Heating for Rare Earths Separation 

Australian metals company Metallium and its American subsidiary Flash Metals USA are expanding their collaboration with scientists at Rice University to determine if flash joule heating can be further advanced for directly separating individual rare earth elements. […]

Materials/Manufacturing

Capturing Rare Earth Material from Hard Disk Drives – At Scale by Industry Leaders 

Disk-drive leader Western Digital, along with Microsoft and others are collaborating in a rare earth element recovery and circular recycling program using environmentally friendly chemistry to help build up critical rare earth element reserves and […]

News

NETL Patents New Process for Extracting Critical Resources from Coal Fly Ash at High Quantities

NETL researchers developed a new process for extracting economically and strategically vital rare earth elements (REE) and critical minerals (CM) from America’s coal fly ash at high quantities and offers several advantages over other available technologies. […]

Materials/Manufacturing

Lynas Separates Heavy Rare Earths in Malaysia, Points to Market Restructure 

May 16, 2025 – Perth, Western Australia – Lynas Rare Earths Ltd has accomplished its first production of Dysprosium Oxide (Dy) heavy rare earths at its plant in Malaysia. The new heavy rare earth separation circuit was commissioned earlier this year, next on the agenda is Terbium (Tb) production in June. […]

Materials/Manufacturing

Aclara Resources Inaugurates Rare Earths Processing Plant in Brazil 

Aclara Resources has inaugurated its Carina Project heavy rare earths pilot plant in Aparecida de Goiania, Goias, Brazil. In concert with the company’s dedicated outreach to community and government, the ceremony was attended by key government authorities from the State of Goias, the Municipality of Nova Roma, and representatives from federal agencies and international embassies, along with other stakeholders.   […]

Magnetics/Assemblies

Multi-Alloy Magnet from LG Innotek Rivals HRE Magnets, Next Step Seeks to Eliminate Even Light Rare Earths   

Bolstered by its development of a high-performance magnet without any heavy rare earth (HRE) metals,

LG Innotek is zeroing in its R&D sights on what it sees as the next step in the advancement of eco-friendly magnets – development of a commercially viable magnet devoid of any rare earths that is comparable in performance to those based on rare earth elements. It’s a technology development path which the company has been pursuing relentlessly and has generated a string of progressive breakthroughs in recent years. […]

Materials/Manufacturing

Aclara Resources Building Vertically Integrated Mines-to-Magnets Enterprise in the Americas 

Aclara Resources is set for a transformative year with several key milestones on the horizon, says CEO Ramon Barua, who recently updated Magnetics Magazine on the status of the company’s projects. The developing operations span multiple countries in the Americas including Brazil, Peru, Canada and the United States as it forges a fully integrated mines to magnets business that is decidedly devoid of China.
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