Materials/Manufacturing

Aclara Partners with Argonne National Lab on AI-Enabled Digital Twin for New Heavy Rare Earth Separation Plant in Louisiana 

Planning to build the first industrial-scale heavy rare earths (HREE) separation facility for producing magnetic alloys in the United States, Aclara Resources now has teamed up with Argonne National Laboratory to develop an artificial intelligence–enabled digital twin for its separation process. Under the agreement, Aclara and […]

Materials/Manufacturing

Less Common Metals Forges Technical Advancements in Magnetic Alloys 

Less Common Metals, a refiner and leading producer of rare earth metals and alloys in the Western world, continues to expand its technical capabilities with the addition of more process equipment at its headquarters in England, with a newly designed molten salt electrolysis cell and through an innovative collaborative effort on magnet recycling. This article highlights some of the recent developments. […]

Materials/Manufacturing

Tech Tips: Understanding the Different Kinds of Magnetic Properties 

Depending on how they interact with magnetic fields, most materials are classified as diamagnetic, paramagnetic, ferromagnetic, ferrimagnetic, or antiferromagnetic. We love the article by Mike Gedeon, customer technical services manager of Materion Performance Alloys and Composites, that explains these different kinds of magnetic properties and related aspects such as magnetic susceptibility. A few highlights follow. […]