Turning recycled magnets into rare earth supply
Cyclic Materials refines Mag-Xtract™ and other magnet production waste into rare earth oxides used in downstream metal, alloy and permanent magnet manufacturing.
Returning rare earths to raw material form
Permanent magnets contain valuable rare earth elements, but recovering the magnet is only the first step. In the second stage of Cyclic's rare earth recovery platform, rare earth oxides are refined using our proprietary REEPure℠ technology.
Cyclic Materials processes magnet solids recovered from end-of-life products, along with suitable magnet production waste, and returns their rare earth content to high-purity raw material form.
Cyclic Materials' rare earth separation process
Rare earth refining is one of the most technically challenging stages of permanent magnet recycling. The rare earth elements within a magnet have similar chemical properties, making them difficult to separate and purify. Cyclic Materials’ proprietary REEPure℠ hydrometallurgical process recovers rare earths from magnet material and magnet manufacturing waste as recycled mixed rare earth oxides. These will then be turned into high-purity rare earth oxides.
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Two feedstock streams for REE separation
Our REEPure℠ process can refine two sources of rare earth magnet materials:
Mag-Xtract™
Mag-Xtract™ is rare earth magnet material recovered by Cyclic's proprietary MagCycle® technology during our magnet separation process. It can be recovered from products such as hard disk drives, electric motors, robotics, drones, electronics, medical devices, defense equipment and aerospace systems.
Magnet production waste
Magnet swarf, scrap, offcuts, rejected components and other suitable rare-earth-bearing materials from magnet manufacturing can enter the rare earth recovery process directly.
Separated rare earth oxide products
Cyclic Materials’ product portfolio will include three recycled rare earth oxides for downstream metal, alloy and permanent magnet manufacturing.
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Rare earth recovery in Kingston, ON
Cyclic Materials' Kingston facility is designed as our first commercial-scale rare earth recovery operation.
The facility will process up to 500 tonnes of Mag-Xtract™ and magnet production waste per year.
The site will support the commercial scale-up of REEPure℠ and provide material for Cyclic Materials' rare earth oxide production.
Kingston also serves as the Centre of Excellence for process development, customer qualification, and the continued expansion of Cyclic Materials' rare earth recovery platform.
Previous Step
Recovering rare earth magnets from end-of-life products
Cyclic Materials uses its proprietary MagCycle® technology to process end-of-life products and recover rare earths, copper, aluminum, and clean ferrous metals.
NEXT 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.
