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Maglut Heavy Industries plans domestic rare earth processing platform in California
The privately held company says its chromatography process has validated 99.9%+ purity on rare earth oxides and targets an operational demonstration facility by August 2027.
Maglut Heavy Industries said it is developing a chromatography-based platform to process and refine rare earth elements domestically at its pilot-scale facility in Long Beach, California, with activity underway at an industry event.
Founded in 2025, the privately held firm said it has validated its ARC-1 separation process on real-world feedstock, reaching 99.9%+ purity on individual rare earth oxides. Maglut also characterized its method as water-based, aiming for a globally competitive cost, and said it draws inspiration from a separation technique used in biotech for purifying biologic medicines.
Rare earths are key inputs for electric vehicles, advanced technologies, and defense systems, and the US relies heavily on foreign nations for finished materials, according to the company’s remarks. Maglut noted that China controls roughly 90% of global rare earth separation and refining and framed its work as a way to rebuild US manufacturing of rare earth materials.
Maglut said it is targeting demonstration-scale deployment next, with plans to begin selling commercial rare earth oxides at the demonstration facility. The company expects the facility to be fully operational by August 2027, and it pointed to renewed scrutiny of rare earth supply chains, including Department of War rules beginning in January 2027 that require defense contractors to remove China from their rare earth magnet supply.
MINING.com also reported that Maglut is in active conversations with feedstock suppliers and offtake partners as it advances its ARC-1 deployment.