# Cyclic Materials opens 25,000 t/yr magnet-recovery plant in Mesa, Arizona

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Date: 10 Sep 2026
About: [Cyclic Materials](https://technooptimist.io/companies/cyclic-materials.md) · [Hub-and-spoke magnet recycling](https://technooptimist.io/materials/magnet-recycling-network.md)
Original source: https://www.manufacturingdive.com/news/rare-earth-recycler-cyclic-materials-opens-first-us-facility-mesa-arizona/830028/

Cyclic opened its first US plant, a US$20 million, 144,000 sq ft facility in Mesa that can take up to 25,000 tonnes of scrap a year. Its MagCycle line separates magnets from steel to make Mag-Xtract, which is shipped to chemical plants to be refined into rare-earth oxides. More than 7,000 tonnes of scrap had already been delivered.

## Key facts

- Capacity: up to 25,000 t/yr of scrap; over 30 jobs.
- Executives call it the largest rare-earth magnet recycling operation by annual processing capacity.
- Feed includes discarded electronics, robotics and medical devices.

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