Chinese Society of Rare Earths Highlights 28 Research Forums on Magnets, Recycling and AI at Suzhou 2026 Conference

Highlights

• 28 specialized forums covered magnets, recycling, AI, extraction, and industrial policy at the 2026 CSRE Annual Academic Conference in Suzhou
• China is pursuing grain-boundary diffusion and cerium-lanthanum substitution to reduce costly dysprosium and terbium consumption per magnet
• Researchers presented acid-free NdFeB recycling and direct magnet regeneration methods that could bypass costly chemical separation steps
• Machine-learning tools are being applied to predict magnet properties and shorten the path from lab research to commercial production
• Western competitors must track both China's recovery-rate improvements and its materials-efficiency gains, not just announced mine capacity