Full profile interview
20 Nov 2025

Ucore Rare Metals
Ucore provides rare earth separation services and operates facilities in Canada and the United States. Ucore was founded in 2006 and is commercializing propriety column-based solvent extraction technology to separate mixed rare earths from mineral and waste sources.
Update
17 Nov 2025

ReElement
ReElement Technologies is a critical metals recycler, founded in 2017 and based in Indiana, USA. ReElement recover rare earth elements and Li-ion battery technology metals from end-of-life waste using proprietary chromatographic separation technology. In 2025, ReElement has announced a major material offtake agreement with POSCO International America, which it states will be delivered through expansions of its separation capacity in Indiana, USA.
Update
13 Nov 2025

MP Materials
MP Materials operates the only rare earth mine in the United States, based in California. MP Materials is expanding its downstream processing capacities, including in rare earth separation and magnet manufacturing. MP Materials received significant US government funding in July 2025 in the wake of export controls placed on rare earth products from China in April 2025.
Background
12 Nov 2025

SILVUS Technologies
IDTechEx spoke to SILVUS Technologies briefly at DroneX and HeliTech 2025. It was recently acquired by Motorola Solutions.
15 Oct 2025

US-China Trade War Drives Investment in Domestic Rare Earth Supply
Growing export restrictions placed on defense-related rare earth materials from China at a time of multiple international conflicts underscores growing demand in the US and Europe to develop alternative supply. China's latest export restrictions on critical rare earth elements applies yet more pressure to what are already tightly controlled materials.
Full profile interview
7 Oct 2025

Gallox Semiconductors
Gallox Semiconductors is a US start-up established in 2024. It develops gallium oxide technologies for next-generation power electronics.
6 Oct 2025

How Technology Innovations are Driving Rare Earth Magnet Market Growth
IDTechEx estimates that global rare earth magnet production will exceed 330 ktpa by 2036, as the USA and Europe move to reshore and scale domestic manufacturing capacity. Technology innovations addressing rare earth separation and magnet manufacturing will play a critical role in achieving increased magnet production while reducing reliance on supply-strapped heavy rare earths.
Background
9 Sep 2025

Honeywell - BESS sensors
Honeywell is a US-based multinational technology company, operating across a range of business segments, including aerospace, building automation, energy and sustainability, and industrial automation. The company supplies a range of sensing technologies designed to enhance the safety and performance of battery energy storage systems (BESS), the focus of this profile.
Full profile interview
8 Sep 2025

Solid Power
Solid Power was established in 2012 as a spin-out from the University of Colorado Boulder. Founded by Doug Campbell, Conrad Stoldt, and Sehee Lee, the company initially received funding from DARPA to explore next-generation solid-state battery technology. By 2013, Solid Power secured US$4.5 million in funding from ARPA-E and other non-dilutive sources, such as the Department of Defense and NASA. This early support enabled the company to transition out of the university's research labs and begin independent operations.
Full profile interview
8 Sep 2025

Prologium Technology Co Ltd
ProLogium was founded in 2006, with core technology in oxide electrolytes, ASM, LCBs, and MAB.
Background
5 Sep 2025

Ohara Corporation
Ohara Corporation, a Japanese company, has a rich history of innovation in advanced materials. Among its most notable contributions is the development of Lithium-Ion Conducting Glass-Ceramics (LICGC™), a cutting-edge solid electrolyte material that has become integral to next-generation lithium-ion and quasi-solid-state batteries.
Full profile interview
5 Sep 2025

Natrion
Natrion is a cutting-edge company specializing in the development of solid-state battery technologies, with a focus on enhancing the performance, safety, and scalability of batteries for electric vehicles (EVs), renewable energy storage, and other high-tech applications.
Full profile interview
4 Sep 2025

Hydro-Québec
In the 1990s, Hydro-Québec (Canada) and 3M (United States) collaborated on cells based on lithium metal foil as the anode, PEO LiClO4/LiN(CF3SO2)2 as the electrolyte, and vanadium oxide (VOx) as the cathode, aiming at the transport sector (EVs); these cell modules displayed 155 KWh/kg specific energy with a cycle life of 600 cycles at 80% depth of discharge (DoD).