Carester, a French rare-earth separation company, may be the West's most critical link in the mine-to-magnet chain, backed by €216M and key global partners.
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Orano
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Orano SA is a French multinational nuclear fuel-cycle company headquartered in Châtillon, France, and majority owned by the French state. Created in 2017 from the restructuring of Areva, Orano spans uranium mining, conversion and enrichment, spent-fuel recycling, logistics, dismantling and nuclear engineering, with mining operations in Canada, Kazakhstan and Niger. In September 2025 Orano and the CEA inaugurated a pilot line in Grenoble for recycling and manufacturing rare-earth permanent magnets, focused on a short-loop recycling process. Orano is also building lithium and battery-materials recycling activities.
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