Critical Minerals Factbook
Facility

Less Common Metals Ellesmere Port

Less Common Metals' long-standing rare earth metal and alloy plant at Ellesmere Port, Cheshire - one of the few producers of magnet metals and NdFeB strip cast alloy outside China. Operating; became a USA Rare Earth facility when USAR's acquisition of LCM closed on 18 November 2025.

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Location: Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, United Kingdom

Metals & alloys

Rare earth metal making

Operating

Conversion of rare earth oxide feedstocks from mined and recycled sources into rare earth metals, including neodymium-praseodymium; one of the few scaled producers outside China

Material flow

NdPr Oxide → NdPr Metal

Capacity

No capacity claim. Absence of a figure means no source publishes one.

Qualification

No qualification claim. Status does not imply qualified output.

Metals & alloys

Strip cast NdFeB alloy production

Operating

Strip casting of NdFeB alloy for sintered magnet production, supplied to magnet makers including USA Rare Earth's Stillwater, Oklahoma facility

Material flow

NdPr Metal → NdFeB Alloy

Capacity

No capacity claim. Absence of a figure means no source publishes one.

Qualification

No qualification claim. Status does not imply qualified output.

Sources