Annealed neodymium iron boron magnets sit in a barrel prior to being crushed into powder at Neo Material Technologies Inc.'s Magnequench Tianjin Co. factory in Tianjin, China, on Friday, June 11 ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Neodymium is one of the more reactive lanthanide rare-earth metals and quickly oxidizes in ...

The story of neodymium reveals many of the challenges we’ll likely face across the supply chain in the coming century and beyond. Leaving aside meteorites that strike Earth’s surface and ...

The US will need a lot more neodymium if it wants an offshore wind boom Magnet reuse could help ease the burden, but processes for this must be established. Megan Geuss – Mar 29, 2019 6:45 am | 147 ...

Neodymium (Nd) is found in misch metal for which it comprises about 18%. It is also found in minerals such as monazite and bastnasite, which are the most common sources for rare earth metals. Refining ...

The switch to a neodymium-intensive permanent magnet motor in a volume model like the Model 3 has some worried about long-term supply issues. Kyle Hyatt (he/him/his) hails originally from the ...

Researchers at Penn State University developed a new mussel-inspired nanocellulose coating (MINC) that has demonstrated what they call a “remarkable, even surprising” ability to recover rare ...

04/15/2024 April 15, 2024. Neodymium is a rare earth element. Although it's quite common, it can only be mined in a few places on earth. Electric cars and wind turbines need it to work.