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A permanent magnet generates a magnetic field without any external power supply. No current through a coil, no energy input required to maintain the field. The magnetism is a property of the material itself, and it persists indefinitely under normal operating conditions. That simplicity is deceptive. The difference between the magnet on your refrigerator and…
US aerospace manufacturers warn that qualified rare earth magnet capacity may remain constrained beyond the January 2027 sourcing deadline. New federal waiver restrictions could complicate the transition while major domestic plants target commissioning in 2028.
Gold's retreat, rising copper inventories and elevated oil prices are testing mining economics. Today's Assay examines Newmont's $4.8 billion Red Chris decision, the Highland Valley copper strike and the growing divide between uranium contract prices and mining equities.
Washington's answer is not to replicate the Chinese process. It is to fund a wide field of alternative separation technologies and back enough of them simultaneously that at least some succeed. The strategy is deliberate. It carries real risk. And the timeline to closing the gap runs through the end of this decade at the earliest.
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