China Northern Rare Earth Reports 41 Quality Projects and Targets Metal Processing Losses

Highlights

• China Northern Rare Earth completed 41 quality improvement projects and has 30 more underway targeting production losses and product consistency.
• Huaxing Rare Earth is studying how to reduce material lost during metal grinding and improve electrolysis handling of neodymium-praseodymium oxide powders.
• The company logged 65 quality issues in a corrective-action system and held 53 training sessions with 2,421 attendances during Quality Month.
• Northern Rare Earth met with 10 strategic customers and visited 159 customer organizations to gather product and service feedback.
• REEx recommends western suppliers track saleable yield, rejected batches, and delivery reliability alongside plant capacity to assess supplier dependability.