US faces new pressure to build weapons without China’s rare earth magnets

U.S. companies work to cut reliance on China for critical minerals used in weapons

A small refinery tucked inside a New Hampshire office park is helping produce the critical minerals needed in the missiles used in the Iran war.

This unassuming New Hampshire refinery could help the U.S. break free from China’s hold on minerals

A giant American flag hanging on the wall of a warehouse in New Hampshire hints at the national importance of the elements bound inside the mining waste stored in 1-ton bags. The company uses electrolysis to separate the key critical elements President Donald Trump’s administration desperately wants to produce domestically from the powder left behind at traditional mines.The small Phoenix Tailings refinery tucked inside an office park in Exeter,…

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Depleted missile stockpiles and a July 20 sourcing ban are pushing firms like Phoenix Tailings and Arnold Magnetic to scale up production.

U.S. faces new pressure to build weapons without China’s rare earth magnets

Although the U.S. is quickening its pace to rebuild the domestic supply chain of critical minerals, free of control from its most formidable rival, most new U.S. mines are years away from reality, so extracting some of these hard-to-pronounce elements from existing mine waste can help satisfy the growing demand in the meantime.

U.S. faces new pressure to build weapons without China’s rare-earth magnets

A giant American flag hanging on the wall of a warehouse in New Hampshire hints at the national importance of the elements bound inside the mining waste stored in 1-ton bags. The company uses electrolysis to separate the key critical elements President Trump's administration desperately wants to produce domestically from the powder left behind at traditional mines.