Materials/Manufacturing

DoD Awards Contract to Lynas to Build Rare Earths Plant in Texas

The U.S. Department of Defense wants to see bags of processed rare earth sitting on domestic soil, feeding the production of neodymium magnets in a politically secure supply chain. Its latest move toward the objective came in February when Australian-based Lynas Rare Earths Ltd, the largest rare earth element mining and processing company outside of China, was awarded a technology investment contract by DoD to build a rare earths processing plant in Texas. […]

News

Bilfinger Noell Producing Superconductor Magnet Systems for Major Research Projects

With groundbreaking new superconducting and fundamental scientific projects underway at major research facilities, Bilfinger Noell of Germany is playing a leading role in providing the sophisticated magnetics engineering expertise that is needed for them. The latest is […]

Electromagnetics

iC-Haus Expands Production Facility at HQ as Circuit Portfolio Grows

Integrated circuit maker iC-Haus has recently expanded production capacity at its headquarters in Bodenheim, Germany, adding a fifth building section. Development, production and qualification as well as testing and sales are now concentrated at the company’s facility on 18,000 square meters. The expansion came just in time for the […]

Materials/Manufacturing

Pensana Selects Site for Rare Earth Processing Facility in UK

Pensana Rare Earths has selected the Saltend Chemicals Park in England as the site for its proposed rare earth processing facility as part of its venture to establish a sustainable magnet metal supply chain fed by its mine property in Angola.  It would become one of only a few major producers […]