Energy Fuels to Acquire German Magnet Maker VAC for $1.9B, Creating Full Rare Earth Supply Chain

Published: Jun 24, 2026 18:22

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[SMM Rare Earth Flash] US critical minerals producer Energy Fuels (NYSE American: UUUU) recently announced that it has signed a definitive agreement with private equity firm Ara Partners to acquire Vacuumschmelze (VAC), a century-old German magnetic material enterprise, for approximately $1.9 billion. The transaction is expected to close in early 2027. VAC’s existing Sumter plant in South Carolina, US, has a permanent magnet capacity of 2,000 mt per year, expandable to 12,000 mt per year. The acquisition combines VAC’s downstream magnetic material manufacturing with Energy Fuels’ upstream rare earth mining and separation assets, as well as the metal capacity from the planned acquisition of Australian Strategic Materials (ASM), creating the first rare earth platform in the West that spans the entire supply chain from mining to finished magnets. VAC will retain its German headquarters and brand.

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