Because magnets are hard, they were heated to 800° C to demagnetize and soften them prior to grinding them to dust. The separated REE residue at the end of the process can be remagnetized by exposing ...
These new iron-nitride magnets are stronger, cleaner to make, and made from domestic iron-salt waste and nitrogen.
After Beijing exerted its power over the valuable magnets as leverage, other countries started to add production, but only incrementally. And China is far ahead. After Beijing exerted its power over ...
China has further tightened export restrictions on rare earths ahead of talks between Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping ...