MP Materials selects Texas for rare earth magnet manufacturing site

MP Materials has chosen Northlake, Texas, for its $1.25 billion rare earth magnet factory as the U.S. rushes to secure domestic supplies of critical minerals.
Opinion

Why Rare Earth Magnets Are the Real Battlefield Between the U.S. and China

The struggle for geopolitical supremacy is rapidly becoming a struggle over one critical resource - rare earth magnets. They will determine whether the United States can build military equipment at ...
Opinion

Magnet Wars: How the U.S. Plans to Break China’s Grip on Rare Earths

Access to rare earths is absolutely crucial for defense and high-tech industries, and securing sufficient supply could either make or break U.S. national security.

MP Materials to build $1.25 billion rare earth magnet factory near Fort Worth

MP Materials plans to accelerate its production of rare earth magnets with a $1.25 billion investment in Northlake for a ...
GCN

Scientists develop a powerful new magnet design that eliminates the need for rare earth elements

A magnet is an important part of devices like smartphones, automobiles, and many more. Most of these magnets are made using rare-earth materials, which are expensive and scarce on the market. Also, ...

MP Materials announces $1.25 billion rare earths facility meant to help counter China

Rare earth producer MP Materials plans to build a large-scale rare earth magnet manufacturing campus in North Texas to prop up the domestic supply chain and reduce reliance on foreign adversaries. The ...
Science Daily

AI breakthrough could replace rare earth magnets in electric vehicles

Scientists at the University of New Hampshire have unleashed artificial intelligence to dramatically speed up the hunt for next-generation magnetic materials. By building a massive, searchable ...
Recycling Today

Noveon Magnetics launches rare earth magnet recycling initiative

Noveon Magnetics, a San Marcos, Texas-based manufacturer of magnetic materials, has announced a strategic agreement with Kangwon Energy, a South Korean engineering company, and LG Electronics, a maker ...

Daily on Energy: Rare earths shortages, growing data center energy demand, and killing the international carbon shipping tax

WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY: Good afternoon and happy Thursday, Daily on Energy readers! We’re kicking off today’s newsletter with the latest goings-on in the critical mineral and rare earths sector, as MP ...
EDN

Microspeakers use rare-earth magnets

The TRS round and oval microspeaker series employs rare-earth magnets to improve ruggedness and output quality. Round speakers have diameters of 13 to 66 mm, while oval versions come in sizes from 16 ...
Hackaday

Rare-Earth-Free Magnets With High Entropy Borides

Although most of us simultaneously accept the premise that magnets are quite literally everywhere and that few people know how they work, a major problem with magnets today is that they tend to rely ...