ASM is pleased to announce excellent results from its latest terbium (Tb) and dysprosium (Dy) heavy rare earth (RE) separation test work. The results confirm the design capability of the Dubbo Project’s advanced process flowsheet to produce high purity Tb and Dy oxides at industry leading product quality. The pilot plant test work was conducted…
Australian Strategic Materials Limited (ASX:ASM) is pleased to announce that commissioning has begun at its Korean Metals Plant in Ochang Province, South Korea, marked by a visit to the plant by Deputy Prime Minister of South Korea, Mr Hong Nam-ki. Australian Strategic Materials has commenced hot commissioning on its neodymium furnace. This included firing up…
Highlights Two kilograms of pre-sintered permanent magnets successfully produced from ASM’s high-purity neodymium-iron-boron (NdFeB) powder Magnetic properties and quality confirmed by the Korean Institute of Rare Metals (KIRAM) ASM reports that the Korean Institute of Rare Metals (KIRAM) has successfully produced and tested two kilograms of pre-sintered permanent magnets from ASM’s high-purity neodymium-iron-boron (NdFeB) powder…
Highlights ASM produced 6kg of a neodymium iron boron (NdFeB) alloy at the Korean Institute of Rare Metals (KIRAM) facility. KIRAM has certified the metallic structure and ratio of key metals (Nd: Fe: B = 32%: 67%: 1%) of the key NdFeB permanent magnet alloy. ASM continues to work on the potential for establishing a…
Highlights ASM has produced 200kg of ferro-neodymium (FeNd – Nd 80.3%, Fe 19.9%), a key constituent of strip cast permanent magnet alloys. ASM is working with the Korea Institute for Rare Metals (KIRAM) to produce a strip cast permanent magnet alloy which will be formed and sintered into permanent magnets. Samples of permanent magnets will…
Highlights: ASM produces 7.5kg of heavy rare earth dysprosium metal Dysprosium metal assay – 99.53% Metallisation of ferro-dysprosium and zirconium progressing ASM, through its partner Ziron Technology Corporation (Ziron Tech), has successfully produced 7.5 kg of a high purity dysprosium metal at its commercial pilot plant in South Korea. After producing 0.76 kg of the…
Highlights: ASM produces 0.76kg of heavy rare earth metal dysprosium (Dy) Dysprosium assay – 99.6% Metallisation process proven for the Dubbo Project’s key permanent magnet rare earth products (dysprosium, praseodymium and neodymium) ASM, through its partner Ziron Technology Corporation (Ziron Tech), has successfully produced high purity dysprosium (Dy) metal in its laboratory at the Ziron…
Highlights: ASM has produced 9kg of Neodymium Praseodymium (NdPr) alloy at commercial pilot plant in Korea The NdPr assayed 99.65% ASM progressing the production of 200kg of NdPr metal as part of an initiative between Ziron Tech and the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH) to produce a 600kg sample of permanent magnets for Korean…
Highlights: Praseodymium metal successfully produced at Korean pilot plant Commercial pilot plant produces 5.3 kg Pr metal assaying 99.3 % Confirmation of patented metal production method for permanent magnet metals Forward plan for Commercial Pilot Plant production of Neodymium / Praseodymium and Dysprosium metal in August ASM’s joint venture has produced high purity praseodymium metal…
Highlights: Successful production of 7.6 kg of neodymium metal Assay confirms neodymium produced is at 99.8% purity Metal purity is higher than typically traded neodymium metal Validation of the patented carbon-free metallisation technology for rare earth metals ASM’s Korean JV partner, Ziron Tech, has successfully completed the first production run of neodymium (Nd) metal in…