Export License for Rare Earth Magnets, Dual-use Items

The Impact of China’s Export Control Policies on Rare Earth Magnets

In order to safeguard national security and interests and fulfill international obligations such non-proliferation, China issued the Announcement No. 18 of 2025 of The Ministry of Commerce and The General Administration of Customs of The People’s Republic of China Announcing the decision to implement export control on some medium and heavy rare earth related items on April 4, 2025. According to that announcement, seven rare earth elements (REEs) including samarium (Sm), gadolinium (Gd), terbium (Tb), dysprosium (Dy), lutetium (Lu), scandium… Read More

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Strongest Commercial Permanent Magnet

Researchers and engineers have never stopped their steps to discover and develop novel permanent magnets since 1910s, and several types of permanent magnets had been commercialized and they have been widely used in motion, energy, electronics, medical and other high technologies in our daily life. However, little breakthrough has been taken in the past 18 years of the 21st century. In the current market, almost all types of commercial permanent magnets (ferrite, NdFeB, SmCo and AlNiCo, etc.) were discovered and… Read More

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