Neo Commences Production at Estonia Magnet Plant, Targets 20,000 t/y Globally

【SMM Rare Earth Flash】 A U.S. District Court judge has issued a preliminary injunction ordering Dateline Resources to halt operations at its Colosseum gold-rare earth project within California's Mojave National Preserve. The court ruled that the National Park Service's 2025 approval decision "violated the law," requiring the company to obtain updated approval to continue operating. Dateline has 10 weeks to secure the site and demobilize equipment and personnel. Managing Director Stephen Baghdadi expressed deep disappointment and said the company is considering appeal or compensation options. The project, adjacent to MP Materials' Mountain Pass mine, holds both gold resources and rare earth exploration potential and was previously deemed important for national security and economic development.

【SMM Rare Earth Flash】 A national key R&D project on high-efficiency regeneration of high-performance rare earth magnets from waste sintered NdFeB, led by Wuhan Fisher Motion Control Systems (a subsidiary of Ningbo Fisher Technology) with Beijing University of Technology, has passed comprehensive performance evaluation by China's Administrative Center for Agenda 21. The team developed commercial-grade recycled magnets produced entirely from NdFeB waste, achieving performance comparable to high-end commercial products. Recycled magnets completed installation and long-term reliability testing in humanoid robot joint motors, establishing a complete pathway from waste recycling to magnet regeneration to high-end motor integration. The achievement marks Fisher Technology's vertical integration from downstream electric drive equipment into upstream permanent magnet materials.

【SMM Rare Earth Flash】 China's National Intellectual Property Administration数据显示，Zhejiang Zhonghang New Material Technology Co., Ltd. has obtained a patent titled "A Sintered NdFeB Forming Mold," publication no. CN224764315U, filed in October 2025. The patent features a slot system comprising star-shaped grooves, distribution channels, and evenly distributed feed holes along the edges, enabling uniform material distribution from the center to each forming cavity with synchronized multi-point feeding. Additionally, circular channels arranged in a cross-hatched pattern form a circulating heating槽, working with inlet and outlet pipes as a uniform auxiliary heating unit to provide comprehensive and even heating and insulation for materials in the forming cavities, enhancing the forming quality and consistency of NdFeB magnets.