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Materials/Manufacturing

Vulcan Elements Opens Pilot Plant for Producing Rare Earth Magnets; Consarc Strip-Casting Furnace Installed 

August 5, 2025 Editorial Staff Comments Off on Vulcan Elements Opens Pilot Plant for Producing Rare Earth Magnets; Consarc Strip-Casting Furnace Installed 

Bolstered by a $1.2 million award from the U.S. Department of Defense and now with the commissioning of a new strip casting furnace from Consarc, Vulcan Elements is building up operations at its new pilot magnet manufacturing plant in North Carolina. A key objective is to develop fresh alternatives for a secure, domestic supply chain for magnets used in critical Air Force systems. […]

News

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

July 18, 2025 Editorial Staff Comments Off on 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. […]

e-Power Technology

Conifer Raises $20M to Commercialize Magnet-Agnostic Motors & e-Powertrains 

June 3, 2025 Editorial Staff Comments Off on Conifer Raises $20M to Commercialize Magnet-Agnostic Motors & e-Powertrains 

Conifer, a Silicon Valley startup, has secured $20 million in seed funding to commercialize its magnet-agnostic electric motors and powertrains that are coupled with a software-driven manufacturing approach. Founded by repeat entrepreneurs and ex-Apple Special Projects Group and Lucid engineers, the company has spent the last two years developing and validating its technology with customers. It announced the successful funding in April. […]

Electromagnetics

Magnetic Motion Tracking Brings New Capabilities to Medicine, Now Including Robotic Surgical Navigation 

May 29, 2025 Editorial Staff Comments Off on Magnetic Motion Tracking Brings New Capabilities to Medicine, Now Including Robotic Surgical Navigation 

Continued advancements in electromagnetic motion tracking, now firmly established as a valued surgical tool, are bringing new capabilities to a wide range of applications particularly in medicine, defense and research. At the heart of the evolving technology are tiny, powerful magnetic sensors that the systems focus upon, coupled with advanced electronics and software that track them. This article highlights some of the companies and their products that are driving the progress in medicine, notably Northern Digital, Polhemus, Radwave and TT Technologies – and, at the OEM level, Stereotaxis who with its robotically navigated surgical systems could be considered a champion adopter of the technology, devising new levels of increased magnetic functionality. […]

Materials/Manufacturing

Heraeus Remloy Launches Recycling Plant for Neodymium Magnets in Europe 

March 7, 2025 Editorial Staff Comments Off on Heraeus Remloy Launches Recycling Plant for Neodymium Magnets in Europe 

Europe has a new buyer of scrap magnets and rare earth magnetic materials for recycling into freshly minted powders for producing high-quality magnets. Precious metals company Heraeus has begun production at what is now the continent’s largest recycling plant for rare earth magnets.

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Materials/Manufacturing

Less Common Metals Forges Technical Advancements in Magnetic Alloys 

February 24, 2025 Editorial Staff Comments Off on 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

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

February 18, 2025 Editorial Staff Comments Off on 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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