Materials/Manufacturing

Industry & Academia Collaborate to Develop Euro Magnet Supply Chain 

Two efforts to build a supply chain in Europe for rare earth resources and magnets are bringing together a cluster of industry and academic players spanning the continent — and reaching even to Beatrice, Nebraska in the USA for processing ore samples from an idyllic field in Norway. Among entities linked to the projects are research technology development firm RTD Talos in Cyprus, research institute SINTEF in Norway, along with REE Minerals in Norway and American processing firm Rare Earth Salts in Nebraska. […]

Materials/Manufacturing

Niron Magnetics Secures Funding from Samsung Ventures & Auto Heavyweights to Accelerate Production of Rare Earth-Free Magnets 

Niron Magnetics has been raking in new strategic investor funding with a $25 million round led by Samsung Ventures that included automotive top-tier suppliers Allison Transmission and Magna, and a further collaboration with General Motors. […]

e-Power Technology

Niron Magnetics Scales Up with New CEO & Key Managers 

Niron Magnetics, the company pioneering the development of iron nitride magnets that are high-performance permanent magnets free of rare earths, is scaling up to evolve its company to become a significant player on the magnet market. One of its latest steps has been to appoint Jonathan Rowntree as new CEO. The leadership change and other key appointments represent a planned evolution of the company as it advances from a focus on development towards scaling, commercialization, and productization of its patented Clean Earth Magnet technology. […]