India has a $800m plan to make rare earth magnets, aiming to reduce dependence on Chinese imports - but can it work?

Contrary to their name, rare-earth magnets are not made from rare materials; they are nevertheless the most powerful permanent magnets. The term “rare-earth” originates from the 17 elements in the ...

Fujitsu Limited today announced that, in joint research with the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) and Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd., it has developed the world's largest magnetic-reversal ...

Magnets made of rare-earth metals like neodymium are commonly used in the generators found in offshore wind turbines. Turbines with neodymium magnets generally need less maintenance than those without ...

SAN MARCOS — In Noveon Magnetics Inc.’s lobby in San Marcos, CEO Scott Dunn stood before a table as he handled small glass bulbs filled with powdered forms of rare earth minerals that are key to the ...

Can’t get enough of those rare earth elements! David Cay Johnston, former New York Times reporter and ace exposer of tax law shenanigans, writes in to remind HTWW that chapter four of his book, “Free ...

THE MOTORS driving today’s electric cars use powerful magnets made from rare-earth metals. Not all rare earths are actually that rare. Neodymium, for instance, is about as abundant as tin. But good, ...

Toyota says it has invented a new magnet for high-energy applications like electric motors that uses a fraction of the amount of neodymium (a rare-earth element) of a standard iron, boron, neodymium ...