Update
17 Nov 2025

Carester (Caremag)
Carester specializes in hydrometallurgical and solvent extraction technologies for rare-earth metal recovery, and is based in Lyon, France. In March 2025, Carester received €216M in investment from French government and Japanese investors to build rare earth separation facility in France
Full profile interview: Competitors
25 Apr 2025

REETec
Carester specializes in hydrometallurgical and solvent extraction technologies for rare earth metal recovery and is based in Lyon, France.
Full profile interview: Competitors
14 Apr 2025

Rare Earth Technologies Inc. (RETi)
Carester specializes in hydrometallurgical and solvent extraction technologies for rare earth metal recovery and is based in Lyon, France.
Full profile interview: Competitors
5 Apr 2025

Ionic Rare Earths
Carester specializes in hydrometallurgical and solvent extraction technologies for rare earth metal recovery and is based in Lyon, France. Carester has signed a binding offtake agreement with Stellantis Auto SAS. The long-term agreement provides the supply of more than 3,400 tonnes of neodymium, praseodymium, dysprosium, and terbium oxides, 36% of which are derived from recycling, over a ten-year period.
Background: Competitors
22 Nov 2024

ReElement Technologies
Solvent extraction processing of rare earths from primary mineral and secondary sources (waste, end-of-life devices, batteries).
Update
10 Oct 2024

Carester (Caremag)
Carester specializes in hydrometallurgical and solvent extraction technologies for rare-earth metal recovery, and is based in Lyon, France. Carester has signed a binding offtake agreement with Stellantis Auto SAS. The long-term agreement provides the supply of more than 3,400 tonnes of neodymium, praseodymium, dysprosium, and terbium oxides, 36% of which are derived from recycling, over a ten-year period.
Update interview: Competitors
26 Jul 2024

Ionic Technologies
Carester specializes in hydrometallurgical and solvent extraction technologies for rare-earth metal recovery, and is based in Lyon, France.
Full profile interview: Competitors
10 May 2024

HyProMag Ltd
Carester recycle rare-earth magnets using long-loop pyro- and hydrometallurgical followed by solvent extraction processes to afford rare-earth oxides.
Full profile interview: Competitors
3 May 2024

Noveon Magnetics
Carester recycle rare-earth magnets using long-loop pyro- and hydrometallurgical followed by solvent extraction processes to afford rare-earth oxides.
Full profile interview
19 Apr 2024

Carester (Caremag)
Carester specialize in hydrometallurgical and solvent extraction technologies for rare earth metal recovery, and are based in Lyon, France. The interview focused on Caremag, the business unit focusing on rare earth element (REE) recovery from end-of-life magnets and mining concentrates.
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