New Delhi: The Rs 7,280 crore scheme announced by the government on Wednesday to promote domestic manufacturing of Rare Earth Permanent Magnets (REPM) will reduce the country’s dependence on China for ...

Can the rest of the world challenge Beijing's dominance of high-performance magnets, used in everything from consumer electronics to weapon systems, by developing new projects for mining, processing, ...

Rarely a week went by in 2025 without some newsworthy development related to rare earth elements, magnets, and electric motors. IEEE Spectrum was on top of the big ones, starting with the production ...

TL;DR: Automakers on both sides of the Atlantic are racing to redesign electric powertrains to use fewer rare-earth elements after repeated supply shocks from China. Instead of relying on permanent ...