Recovering magnets and critical materials from end-of-life products
Cyclic Materials' magnet separation process can recycle a diverse range of end-of-life products to isolate rare earth permanent magnets and recover valuable materials including copper, aluminum, and clean ferrous metals.
Unlocking valuable materials from end-of-life products
Rare earth permanent magnets are embedded in many of the products and systems that power the modern economy, including hard disk drives, electric motors, robotics, drones, consumer electronics, medical devices, defense systems and energy infrastructure.
These magnets are often difficult to separate from the steel, copper, aluminum and other materials surrounding them.
During magnet separation – the first stage of Cyclic Materials' integrated rare earth recovery platform – our proprietary MagCycle® technology overcomes this challenge, enabling rare earth permanent magnets to be successfully recovered from a diverse range of end-of-life products.
Our magnet separation process
Cyclic Materials' magnet separation process, built around our proprietary MagCycle® technology, recycles magnet-bearing end-of-life products to produce rare earth magnet material, Mag-Xtract™, while recovering copper, aluminum, and clean ferrous materials.
This enables us to capture both the rare earth content and the surrounding valuable materials from complex end-of-life products.
The Mag-Xtract™ then becomes feedstock for our next stage of rare earth recovery.
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Feedstock agnostic by design
Our magnet separation process is designed to recycle a broad and evolving range of magnet-bearing products:
● Agnostic to virtually any product or form factor
● End-of-life products can be processed whole, without the need for manual dismantling
● For all commercial rare earth permanent magnet types, enabling recovery from a wide range of products and applications
This flexibility allows Cyclic Materials to process diverse feedstock streams without requiring a separate recovery route for each product type.
What we recycle
Cyclic Materials can recover magnets and valuable materials from a wide range of end-of-life products and industrial sources, including:
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More than magnet recovery
Our magnet separation process is designed to recover value from the full product, not just the magnet. By separating copper, aluminum and clean ferrous material alongside Mag-Xtract™, we create multiple usable material streams from products that might otherwise be processed only for conventional bulk metals.
For our partners, this increases the value of their end-of-life products, as it provides a pathway to:
- Recover more value from magnet-bearing products
- Prevent rare earth magnets from being lost in conventional recycling
- Reduce the need for manual dismantling
- Process mixed and changing feedstock streams
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Commercial-scale magnet separation facility in Arizona
Located in Mesa, Arizona, Cyclic Materials’ first commercial-scale magnet separation facility is designed to recycle up to 25,000 tonnes of end-of-life feedstock annually using our magnet recycling process.
The facility serves as a major U.S. spoke within Cyclic Materials’ recovery network, processing end-of-life products and producing concentrated material streams for downstream rare earth recovery in our wider hub-and-spoke model.
nEXT STEP
Turning recycled magnets into rare earth supply
Mag-Xtract™ and other magnet production waste are refined and separated into rare earths for downstream metal, alloy and permanent magnet manufacturing.
Final STEp
Transforming rare earth oxides into rare earth metals
Cyclic Materials will add rare earth metallization to its recovery platform, to convert rare earth oxides into the metallic form required by downstream alloy and permanent magnet manufacturers.
