European Training Network for the Design and Recycling of Rare-Earth Permanent Magnet Motors and Generators in Hybrid and Full Electric Vehicles (DEMETER)

The European Environmental Agency (EEA) recently published a milestone report on e-mobility in Europe. The report “focuses upon electric passenger vehicles, explaining the different types that are now available on the market, how each type works, and their respective advantages ...

University of Birmingham is launching an ambitious new Centre. The Centre will be known as “the Birmingham Centre for Strategic Elements and Critical Materials” (BCSECM). This new interdisciplinary centre encompasses a diverse range of expertise including capabilities in physical sciences, ...

On March 10, 2017, Mehmet Recai Önal defended his PhD degree at KU Leuven. He obtained this degree in the framework of the EU FP7 Training Network Project, EREAN, i.e. the European Rare Earth (Magnet) Recycling Network.

The Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy has just published its thematic section on “Green Rare Earth Elements” (Vol 3, Nr 1). The thematic section features a number of innovations with respect to REE production and recycling.

On March 8, 2017, the kick-off meeting of EU H2020 NEOHIRE took place in Brussels. NEOHIRE's core objective is to reduce the use of rare earths (REE), Co and Ga in the permanent magnets used in wind turbine generators.

Our DEMETER 3rd network-wide event took place this time in Ljubljana and was organized by our Slovenian partners: JSI and Magneti. As usual, the event started with the WP meeting (on Monday 27th Feb 2017), a day filled with research ...

The first REMAGHIC Newsletter was sent out today by SIM² KU Leuven: it contains items on the Rare-earth Balance Problem, University Training, a guide to Open Access ... You can read the Newslettter here: http://eepurl.com/cCja3f

AUTHOR: Simona Sobekova The current utilization rate Electric automobiles make up the biggest part of industrial applications for permanent magnets. When one speaks about permanent magnets in electric vehicles, one should picture a very strong magnet based on NdFeB or ...

On November 4th, the region of Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes organized it’s 3rd  edition of “Automotive Techdays” where 40 innovative projects were presented by 40 R+D Directors, European Market Directors, as well as some 150 VIPs. Because the automobile manufacturers are interested in ...

   AUTHOR: Anas Eldosouky Permanent magnets are those which create their own persistent magnetic field when magnetized by an external magnetic field. The function of permanent magnets in different appliances and instruments is usually one of the following: to convert mechanical energy ...