Life Cycle Assessment of Rare Earth Permanent Magnets

Описание: The 8th Rare Earth Roundtable, hosted by EIT RawMaterials Strategic Impact Group Network (SIGN) under the MAGELLAN Project, focused on Life Cycle Assessment of Rare Earth Permanent Magnets.

Life Cycle Assessment is recognised in EU policy as the best-available framework to assess environmental impacts across a product’s entire life cycle – from mining, processing and manufacturing through use, end-of-life and potential recycling. For magnets and end use application such as EVTMs, this means capturing complex upstream and downstream flows, comparing primary and secondary routes, and understanding trade-offs between design options, recycling technologies and alternative magnet chemistries.

The event aimed to:

Demystify LCA for audience active in the rare earths and magnet value chain (industry, recyclers, OEMs, policymakers, investors).
Showcase MAGELLAN’s LCA/LCC approach as an example of how to assess a circular permanent magnet value chain, including recycling, advanced manufacturing processes and EVTM design.
Discuss key methodological and data challenges in applying LCA to magnets and magnet-containing products, especially when modelling recycling and circular loops.
Connect LCA to regulation, standards and business decisions, including CRMA implementation, eco-design requirements, magnet waste codes and labelling initiatives.
Identify future collaboration needs (data sharing, common datasets, methodological guidance) to mainstream robust LCA across the European rare-earth ecosystem.

🎙 Speakers included:

Robert Pell, Minviro
Jan Klenner, Lomartov SL
Maarten Koese, Leiden University
Stellina Samuel, Leiden University
Moderator: Nabeel Mancheri, EIT RawMaterials