Innovation partnerships
The projects are:
- Ascension Earth Resources: A partnership between Marriott Well Engineering and Management Services and the University of Oxford to assess the potential for Rare Earth Elements from volcanic tuffs on Ascension Island.
- Mormair: A project led by the Materials Processing Institute to prove the viability of recovering Rare Earth Elements from coal-fly-ash.
- Nanomox: A pilot led by Mkango Rare Earths UK to explore a potentially sustainable approach to iron extraction from end-of-life magnets.
- Geolithical: A project led by the University of Exeter investigating the potential for a circular supply chain for high strength strontium ferrite (ceramic) magnets.
- Ionic Technologies: A recycling and separation project with Ionic Technologies to develop high-quality Rare Earth alloys, using 100% recycled and fully traceable Rare Earth Elements, for use in high specification Rare Earth Permanent Magnets.
- Materials Nexus: A project led by Materials Nexus, in partnership with University of Sheffield, that aims to use AI and quantum simulations to develop improved magnet materials that rely less on Rare Earth Elements.
- HyProMag: A partnership between Less Common Metals, Adey Innovation and the University of Birmingham, commercialising a process developed by the university to liberate magnets from end-of-life components.
- Less Common Metals: A separate project from Ionic Technologies to develop high-quality magnets using 100% recycled and fully traceable Rare Earth Elements.
- Altilium Metals: A project from the University of Exeter extracting Rare Earth Elements from waste materials from mining operations.
