Materials/Manufacturing

Neo Reports Robust Performance, New Euro PM Plant Nearing Completion, China Operation Sold to Shenghe Resources 

Neo Performance Materials reported strong profit increases in its full-year financial report for 2024, issued March 18. Highlights for its Neo Magnequench unit included a solid gain in earnings despite lower revenues, and continued progress in the construction of its new permanent magnet plant in Europe. In a separate announcement, the company reported on April 1 that as part of a corporate streamlining effort it completed the sale of most of its interest in a rare earth separations operation in China for about $28 million to an affiliate of Shenghe Resources. […]

Materials/Manufacturing

Shenghe to Acquire Neo’s Separation Assets in China for $30 Million; Backs Peak’s Tanzania Project for $96 Million 

Chinese rare earths company Shenghe Resources continues to build its footrprint as a globally connected rare earths company. In two recent moves, it pledged to invest $96 million in Australian minerals firm Peak Rare Earths that provides critical funding for its mine development in Tanzania and agreed to pay Toronto-based Neo Performance Materials $30 million to acquire processing assets of Neo in China. […]