Washington, D.C., has spent the past five years fixating on rare earths—where they’re mined, how they’re processed, and who controls the magnet supply chain. That attention is overdue. But the ...

General Motors has been granted a patent for a method to create a three-dimensional part with localized magnetic properties. The process involves forming a part with a cavity, inserting a permanent ...

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Niron Magnetics, the company that has developed the world’s first advanced manufacturing process for the mass production of high performance, rare-earth free permanent ...

The electric motors that power today’s EVs rely on permanent magnets made using rare-earth metals such as neodymium. Rare earths are the 15 elements whose atomic numbers run from 57 to 71, plus ...

Automaker Nissan Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. and Waseda University in Japan say they have started testing a jointly developed recycling process to recover rare-earth compounds from electrified vehicle motor ...

A disruption in rare earth magnet supplies lasting beyond a month can impact production of passenger vehicles, including electric models, weighing on the domestic automobile industry's growth momentum ...

Niron Magnetics and General Motors are forging a strategic partnership to develop the Minneapolis company's technology for use in electric-vehicle motors. The venture funds of GM and Stellantis both ...