Site visit: Cyclic Materials opens commercial-scale rare earth recycling plant in Arizona
Mesa operation provides US companies with a domestic destination for magnet-bearing products that would otherwise be exported as waste.
Cyclic Materials has opened its first commercial-scale rare earth magnet recycling facility in Mesa, Arizona, marking a significant step towards reducing the United States' reliance on foreign sources of critical minerals. The 144,000-square-foot facility has the capacity to process up to 25,000 metric tonnes of magnet-bearing end-of-life products annually, making it the largest rare earth magnet recycling plant of its kind.
Utilizing its proprietary MagCycle technology, the plant mechanically separates permanent magnets from end-of-life products, forming the foundation of Cyclic Materials' integrated rare earth recovery platform. The plant is already processing material at a rate of eight tonnes per hour and has delivered over 7,000 metric tonnes of recovered products to US smelters, with more shipments expected later in the month.
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