A feasibility study into the construction and supply side dynamics of a magnet rare earth recycling plant in the UK

Ionic Technologies和英国地质调查局（BGS）正在寻求消除目前阻碍英国建立稀土元素（REE）安全供应的障碍，方法是对该国境内的REE生态系统进行雄心勃勃的高级研究，并在贝尔法斯特建立首个商业REE生产设施。这两个组织已经创建了一个非凡的合作工作组，以满足公众利益的一致利益，以及满足离子技术的技术要求，使业务的下一阶段的快速增长，以商业规模在英国。该项目将扩大现有的BGS材料库存，已经开发了稀土元素的流动模型，其中包含有关风力涡轮机、电动汽车和其他车辆的新数据，所有这些都含有大量稀土元素，可以在英国境内回收。有了这些数据，Ionic Technologies将能够指定一个商业设施，能够接收不同质量的报废或废弃磁体材料，将这些材料通过使用Ionic Technologies专利技术设计的工厂，以生产纯度约为99.5%+的稀土氧化物（REO）。这种质量的REO可用于高规格磁体，用于电动汽车和国防应用以及风力涡轮机等技术。除了显著扩展英国REE生态系统的公有数据外，该项目还将为Ionic Technologies提供必要的技术数据，以创建一个REO来源，为英国提供安全，独立于地缘政治影响和供应链不安全的可再生能源的主权供应。

Ionic Technologies and British Geological Survey (BGS) are seeking to remove obstacles currently preventing the establishment of a secure supply of Rare Earth Elements (REEs) for the UK, through the implementation of an ambitious and advanced study into the REE ecosystem within the country and the feasibility of a first-of-kind commercial REE production facility in Belfast, fed exclusively with waste magnets and end-of-life material.The two organisations have created an extraordinary collaborative working group in order to meet coherent interests in the public interest, as well as satisfying Ionic Technologies' technical requirements to enable the next phase of the business' rapid growth to commercial scale in the UK.The project will expand on the existing BGS material stocks and flows model for REEs developed already with new, pertinent data on wind turbines, EVs and other vehicles, all containing significant REE content, which could be recycled within the UK. With this data, Ionic Technologies will be able to specify a commercial facility, capable of receiving end-of-life or waste magnet material of varying quality, putting this material through a plant designed using Ionic Technologies' patented technology, in order to produce Rare Earth Oxides (REOs) with purity of around 99.5%+ quality. REOs of this quality can be used for high specification magnets, utilised in EVs and defence applications as well as technology such as wind turbines.In addition to a significant expansion of publicly owned data on the REE eco-system in the UK, the project will also equip Ionic Technologies with essential technical data to create a source of REOs that could provide the UK with a secure, sovereign supply of REEs independent of geo-political influence and supply chain insecurity.