Rare Earth and Magnet Technologies: From Pilot to Industrial Scale

This Roundtable explored whether technology and equipment constitute strategic bottlenecks for Europe’s emerging rare earth value chain, where the key capability gaps remain, and what is needed to establish competitive, scalable and resilient industrial capacity in Europe. Key Focus: Identify the technologies and equipment where Europe already has strong competitive industrial capabilities Explore remaining dependencies on non-European technologies, equipment, process know-how and commissioning expertise Discuss critical areas including rare earth metallurgy, strip casting, advanced powder processing, magnetic alignment, grain boundary diffusion and recycling Share lessons learned from recent rare earth metallurgy, magnet manufacturing and recycling projects Assess technology readiness and expected demand for industrial production lines towards 2030 Discuss the business case for developing technology and equipment capabilities in Europe Identify priority actions, partnerships and policy measures needed to strengthen Europe’s technological capabilities and resilient rare earth value chains Date: 24 September 2026 Time: 13:00–14:30 CET Speakers: John Ormerod, JOC LLC Ahmad Tayyab, Netzsch Alexandre Damiens, Orano Group Moderator: Nabeel Mancheri, EIT RawMaterials