Have any dead hard drives kicking around ... Once the case is open, you can find rare earth magnets, bearings, and one or more platters. Those terrifically strong magnets are good for all kinds ...

Two researchers who independently developed the neodymium magnet — used in everything from hard disk drives to ... permanent magnets that combined rare-earth elements and iron.

Neodymium is a rare earth metal - chemical elements ... discovered that running hydrogen gas through old hard-disk drives turns the magnets into powder which can be harvested, re-packed and ...

Since their relatively recent appearance on the commercial scene, rare-earth magnets have made quite ... the search for new and better heads for hard drives and other magnetic recording media.

Rare earth permanent magnet material is subject to a 13% VAT ... rare earth alloys from old electric motors and computer hard drives, for example. A spin out company, HyProMag, has now ...

Korea imports 95% of its core minerals such as lithium, nickel, and rare earths. Rare earths, in particular, are characterized by chemical, electrical, magnetic, and luminescent properties that ...

A critical sector that may influence the direction of the worldwide climate economy is the industry for rare earth ... drives ...