India Aims to Boost Rare Earth Magnet Production to 5,000 mt by 2030, Reducing Import Dependence

Leading rare earth permanent magnet producer Zhong Ke San Huan (000970.SZ) released its 2025 annual report, posting full-year operating revenue of 6.641 billion yuan and net profit attributable to shareholders of the parent of 91.3186 million yuan, up 660.50% YoY; net profit excluding non-recurring gains and losses was 60.6065 million yuan, up 451.03% YoY. The sharp growth in performance was mainly attributable to cost reduction and efficiency improvement, increased foreign exchange gains, and a substantial decline in asset impairment losses. During the reporting period, the share of revenue from the Chinese market rose to 50.55%, and the company completed 100% concentrated procurement of rare earth raw materials.

Today, after holding steady for three consecutive working days, the price of Pr-Nd oxide was raised to 720,000-725,000 yuan/mt, affected by fluctuations in futures prices. Metal producers still maintained a cautious attitude in procurement, with a clearly stronger tendency to push for lower prices in inquiries, and no transactions at high prices had emerged so far.

Cobalt Blue and Glomar Minerals have formed a consortium to jointly advance the U.S. critical minerals processing initiative known as Project Infinity. The two parties will integrate Glomar Minerals’ marine mining licenses and deep-sea mineral extraction capabilities, together with Cobalt Blue’s proven critical minerals metallurgical processing technologies and patented intellectual property. They plan to construct a polymetallic nodule processing facility in the United States with an annual throughput of approximately 200,000 tonnes. Polymetallic nodules are abundant resources containing cobalt, manganese, nickel, copper, rare earth elements, titanium and multiple other metals, enabling the output of a wide range of mineral products from a single raw material source.