ASM assembles rare earths supply chain through selling critical metals 

Australian Strategy Materials (ASM) has discreetly embedded itself into worldwide supply chains for the rare earth basic to high technology items, going from electric engines to touch screens and PC hard drives. 

The organisation is fostering the Dubbo, NSEW rare earth project, meanwhile providing its organisation-possessed Korean Metals Plant (KMP) metal treatment facility with minerals obtained from Vietnam. 

In an update to financial backers, ASM said it had started an essential organisation with US-based rare earth magnet manufacturer Noveon Magnetics with the offer of an underlying 100 tons of NdFeB compound from ASM’s KMP. 

During the Quarter, ASM worked with the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) to set up and work on Campaign 1 of the terbium/dysprosium (Tb/Dy) process flow sheet experimental run program. 

NdFeB otherwise called Neodymium magnets, are made of neodymium, iron and boron and have the most noteworthy magnetic properties of all permanent magnets. 

ASM expressed that during the Quarter, Hyundai Designing Organisation (HEC) advanced Stage 1 of the EPC Definition work developing key design configuration elements of the Dubbo project – these are supposed to be finished by 31 July 2023. 

“The preliminary results from the pilot plant indicated that Dy has been produced to 99.95 percent quality, with the second Campaign (scheduled for August) to complete the Tb extraction from the remaining Dy.”  

“The pilot programmed is expected to conclude by the end of 2023 and is supported by funds awarded under Stream 1 of the NSW government’s Critical Minerals and High-Tech Metals Activation Fund,” highlighted by ASM. 

During the most recent quarter, the organisation likewise protected the stock of uncommon earth oxides with an authoritative concurrence with Vietnam Rare Earth Company to guarantee the increase of creation at the KMP  

Likewise, granted a $6.5 million award under Tranche 2 of the federal government’s Critical Minerals Development Program and proceeded with Procurement and Construction (EPC) Definition exercises at the Dubbo Project.