The University of Birmingham today (15 Jan) launched a new West Midlands-based facility for separating and recycling rare earth magnets that will help to reduce the UK’s reliance on imports of rare earth metals, alloys, and magnets.
The University of Birmingham today (15 Jan) launched a new West Midlands-based facility for separating and recycling rare earth magnets that will help to reduce the UK’s reliance on imports of rare earth metals, alloys, and magnets.
Rare earth magnets are amongst the key ‘critical minerals’ that are integral to modern life. They form a core building block in technologies such as wind turbines, electric vehicles, medical equipment, pumps, robotics, and electronics. Demand for these minerals will only increase as the adoption of low-carbon technologies accelerates and they are fundamental to the UK’s modern industrial strategy.
Opened by Chris McDonald MP, Minister for Industry in the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and the Department for Business and Trade, Birmingham’s rare earth magnet recycling facility uses a groundbreaking hydrogen-based process developed by researchers at the University of Birmingham.
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Chris McDonald MP cutting the ribbon at the opening of Birmingham’s rare earth magnet recycling facility. (Photo Credit: University of Birmingham)
