United Kingdom

HyProMag Ltd is the primary industrial user and operator of the Tyseley facility. First production was achieved in June 2025, following successful pilot operations at the University of Birmingham, which commenced in 2022.

The commercial facility was officially opened at Tyseley Energy Park in January 2026 by the UK Minister for Industry, representing a significant milestone in the development of a UK domestic rare earth magnet recycling and manufacturing capability.

As the industrial partner, HyProMag has successfully operated the facility using HPMS to produce recycled NdFeB alloy powder and has subsequently demonstrated the production of recycled NdFeB sintered magnet blocks using this recycled alloy powder. The Tyseley facility is the UK’s only commercial-scale rare earth sintered magnet manufacturing facility and has enabled the first commercial production of rare earth magnets in the UK for 25 years.

In June 2024, Mkango Rare Earths UK (“Mkango UK”) has successfully commissioned a pilot plant at Tyseley Energy Park, Birmingham, designed to produce separated magnet rare earths (neodymium/praseodymium and dysprosium/terbium carbonates or oxides) via a long-loop recycling process.

Long-loop Rare Earth Magnet to Oxide Recycling

The long-loop pilot plant received 70% of its funding from the UKRI’s Driving Electric Revolution Challenge, delivered by Innovate UK, as part of the grant-funded project “Secure Critical Rare Earth Magnets for the UK” (SCREAM). Project partners include HyProMag, Bowers & Wilkins, European Metal Recycling (EMR), GKN Automotive, Jaguar Land Rover, and the University of Birmingham.