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ORNL: Licensed ORNL technology makes magnets with fewer critical minerals

CMI Team member Oak Ridge National Laboratory shared story of licensing CMI technology for making magnets with fewer critical minerals

image of brown powder is a rare earth oxide recovered from scrap metal, photo credit Carlos Jones, ORNL, US Department of Energy

Researchers develop a new, non-toxic method for rare earth metal processing

CMI researchers at Ames National Laboratory have developed a new, non-toxic method for rare earth metal processing

jar of pink powder is Sodium Neodymium Fluoride Salts and a metal strip about 3.5 x 1 centimeter long is a magnet made from the REMAFS process

CMI researchers develop a new, non-toxic method for rare earth metal processing

CMI researchers at Ames National Laboratory have developed a new, non-toxic method for rare earth metal processing

CMI scientists develop rare earth free magnet for use in industrial motors

CMI research at Ames National Laboratory with industry partners developed a bonded magnet without rare earths that retains magnetism at high temperatures.

Recycling Today: DOE to invest $17M in critical minerals supply chain

CMI research in magnets is noted in the Recycling Today article "DOE to invest $17M in critical minerals supply chain"

The Manufacturing Moment: Four AMMTO-funded projects with 2024 R&D 100 Awards

CMI's recent R&D 100 Award is mentioned in the monthly newsletter The Manufacturing Moment, from the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy.

CWRU Think: SALT SOLUTION Rohan Akolkar is developing a greener way to make steel and process rare-earth metals

CMI research at Case Western Reserve University is described in article for Think, the online magazine for CWRU

CMI Hub project takes key step to process rare earth metals in US

The Critical Materials Innovation Hub (CMI Hub), a US Department of Energy Innovation Hub led by the US Department of Energy’s Ames National Laboratory and supported by the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office (AMMTO), reports it has worked with industry to take a key step in how to process rare earth metals in the United States.

CMI Hub makes key step to process rare earth metals in United States

The Critical Materials Innovation Hub (CMI Hub) worked with industry to take a key step in how to process rare earth metals in the United States. This will help the U.S. supply chain for magnets.

Image of metal cube that is part of a CMI Hub process to refine powder and reduce it to a metal.

Jun Cui and ChaoChao Pan get double win in R&D 100 awards

CMI researchers win R&D 100 Awards