Critical Materials Innovation Hub Research Highlights

CMI hosts RM MESA event at Colorado School of Mines

CMI researchers from Colorado School of Mines and Idaho National Laboratory conducted the activity for this highlight

composite of four images from the RM MESA event at Colorado School of Mines

CMI Education Toolkit used for outreach

CMI researchers from Colorado School of Mines, Purdue University, Ames National Laboratory and Idaho National Laboratory conducted the activity for this highlight

image of two people in a classroom: Harshida Parmar and Rambabu Kuchi, Ames National Laboratory

New lanmodulin variant enables single-stage Gd vs Dy separation

CMI researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Penn State conducted the activity for this highlight

Successfully produce dysprosium metal using REMAFS process

CMI researchers from Ames National Laboratory conducted the activity for this highlight

image of metal samples: About 55 g of Dysprosium metal obtained after calciothermic reduction of 100g of sodium dysprosium tetrafluoride (NaDyF4) compound.

Enhanced domestic recovery of PGMs from Lundin Eagle Mine and Sibanye-Stillwater

CMI researchers from Colorado School of Mines conducted the activity for this highlight

CMI rare earth metal production technology licensed

CMI researchers from Ames National Laboratory conducted the activity for this highlight

40 MGOe magnet using Nd electrowon from chloride molten salts

CMI researchers from Case Western Reserve University conducted the activity for this highlight

Bypassing electrolysis: one-step calciothermic route from Nd2O3 to Nd2Fe14B

CMI researchers from Ames National Laboratory conducted the activity for this highlight

graph shows room temperature M-H curve of synthesized NdFeB powder using Ca-RD route at lower temperature of 850 °C with longer, 9 hours, pre-milling time (Inset shows the magnified 2nd quadrant M-H curve).

La-Nd magnets ‘beachhead’ application: voice coil motor designs

CMI researchers from Ames National Laboratory conducted the activity for this highlight

bar graph shows performance evaluation data for La-Nd and N35 commercial magnets

Efficient separation of REEs from low grade sources

CMI researchers from Idaho National Laboratory conducted the activity for this highlight