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Rare Earth Magnets Rare Earth Metal

Who reduces rare earth oxide to metal domestically, rather than sending oxide overseas for it?

What it is

Rare earth reduced from oxide to metal, usually by molten salt electrolysis or metallothermic reduction. The quietest link in the magnet chain and historically the one least present in the West: a country can mine and even separate rare earths and still have to send the oxide abroad to be turned into metal.

Typical dimensions
Supplied as ingot, lump or chip by mass and purity.
Also known as
Nd metal, NdPr metal, didymium metal, rare earth ingot

Suppliers

Grouped by what they actually are. A mill and a distributor answer different needs.

Mills and producers 1

Companies that manufacture this form. Mill direct means longer lead times and mill minimums, with full melt traceability.

  • Las Vegas, NV · Mill

    Rare earth metal reduced from domestically separated oxide at Mountain Pass. Purity, form and available elements are not published.

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