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，方法是对英国国内的稀土生态系统实施一项雄心勃勃的高级研究，并探讨在贝尔法斯特建立第一个商业稀土生产设施的可行性，该设施完全使用废弃磁铁和寿命结束材料。这两个组织创建了一个特别合作的工作组，以满足公众利益的一致利益。以及满足Ionic Technologies的技术要求，使下一阶段业务在英国实现商业规模的快速增长。该项目将在现有的BGS材料库存和流动模型的基础上扩展，该模型已经开发了关于风力涡轮机、电动汽车和其他车辆的新的相关数据，所有这些都包含大量的REE含量，可以在英国国内回收。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99.5%+质量的稀土氧化物(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。除了大幅扩大英国REE生态系统的公共拥有数据外，该项目还将为Ionic Technologies配备必要的技术数据，以创建REO的来源，从而为英国提供安全、主权的REE供应，而不受地缘政治影响和供应链不安全的影响。

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.