Factory openingapprovedSeptember 09, 2026
Cyclic Materials
Cyclic Materials opens Mesa rare-earth recovery plant
Cyclic Materials begins commercial operations at a Mesa, Arizona plant built to recover rare-earth magnets and other metals from end-of-life products.
Cyclic Materials opened its first commercial-scale U.S. rare-earth magnet recycling facility in Mesa. The plant is the first commercial deployment of the company's automated MagCycle process and is designed to feed recovered rare-earth magnet material, copper, aluminum and steel back into U.S. manufacturing.
Headline metrics
| Annual capacity | 25,000 metric tons | Magnet-bearing products |
| Feedstock received | 7,000+ metric tons | |
| Technology | MagCycle |
Highlights
- Commercial operationThe Mesa plant is operating at commercial scale.
- Domestic rare earthsRecovered magnet material and metals are intended for reintegration into U.S. manufacturing.
Resources
- Cyclic Materials announcementcyclicmaterials.earth
- U.S. Commerce media advisorytrade.gov