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GM and MP Materials enter long-term supply agreement to scale rare earth magnet sourcing and production in US

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Rare earth materials sourced from Mountain Pass will be transformed into metal, NdFeB alloy and magnets at a new production facility MP Materials today announced it will build in Fort Worth, Texas, delivering an end-to-end US supply chain. MP Materials is the largest producer of rare earth materials in the Western Hemisphere.

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GM and Glencore enter multi-year cobalt supply agreement

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The company will then expand into magnet manufacturing around 2025 at its new production facility in Fort Worth, Texas. The ore is then mixed with water to form a slurry for processing in the HPAL circuit. Alloy flakes with MP Materials, which will establish the first North American processing site for alloy flakes.

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US DOD awards MP Materials $35M heavy rare earth processing contract

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In addition to its mining and processing operation at Mountain Pass, MP Materials is developing a rare earth metal, alloy and magnet manufacturing facility in Fort Worth, Texas. MP Materials’ operations provide certainty of US provenance and sustainability.

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Linear Labs closes $4.5M seed round to fund commercialization of new electric motor technology

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The funding will be used to market the company’s electric motor—the Hunstable Electric Turbine (HET)—across the electric vehicle (EV) industry as well as the micro-mobility (scooters), robotics, wind turbine and heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) industries. —Brad Hunstable, CEO of Linear Labs.

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The system combines advanced mobility and an open modular structure to serve the education, research, and entertainment markets, said the Hangzhou, China–based company. FRC ] ANYmal is rated IP67 for water resistance, but this still terrifies me. FRC ] ANYmal is rated IP67 for water resistance, but this still terrifies me.

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MP Materials has an ambitious US rare earth supply chain strategy to fuel EV innovation

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What’s more, the company is developing a facility in Fort Worth, Texas where it plans to manufacture alloys and magnets from Mountain Pass materials. Charged : Tell me a bit about the global market for rare earths. At Mountain Pass, we take the water out of the tailings and we recycle the water.

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MP Materials has an ambitious US rare earth supply chain strategy to fuel EV innovation – Charged EVs

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What’s more, the company is developing a facility in Fort Worth, Texas where it plans to manufacture alloys and magnets from Mountain Pass materials. Charged : Tell me a bit about the global market for rare earths. At Mountain Pass, we take the water out of the tailings and we recycle the water.