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 […]

Materials/Manufacturing

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. […]

Materials/Manufacturing

Energy Fuels Builds NdPr Momentum, Allies with Posco to Create Non-China Rare Earth Magnet Supply Chain 

Uranium producer Energy Fuels is rapidly building momentum to become a significant supplier of processed magnetic rare earths in the U.S. Headquartered in the Denver suburb of Lakewood, Colorado, it has notched important progress on […]

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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. […]