Facility

Noveon Magnetics San Marcos

Sintered NdFeB magnet plant in San Marcos, Texas operated by Noveon Magnetics (founded as Urban Mining Company, rebranded May 2022). The line integrates EcoFlux magnet-to-magnet recycling with sintered magnet production; DoD backed the company with a $28.8 million Defense Production Act Title III award in 2020, and DLA placed a $12.9 million NdFeB magnet block delivery order in May 2026.

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Location: San Marcos, Texas, United States

Magnets

Sintered NdFeB magnet production with recycled feed

Operating

Sintered NdFeB magnet manufacturing integrated with proprietary EcoFlux magnet-to-magnet recycling of end-of-life NdFeB magnets

Material flow

Magnet Scrap and End-of-Life Feedstock, NdFeB Alloy → Sintered NdFeB Magnet

Capacity

2,000 t/year · Product mass · Target · as of Sep 6, 2025

Qualification

No qualification claim. Status does not imply qualified output.

Sources

Resource Recycling (E-Scrap News) · published Sep 11, 2020 · retrieved Aug 11, 2026 · archive
Noveon Magnetics (PR Newswire) · published Jan 19, 2026 · retrieved Aug 11, 2026 · archive
GlobalSecurity.org (reprint of DoD contract announcements for May 26, 2026) · published May 26, 2026 · retrieved Aug 11, 2026 · archive unavailable: No Wayback snapshot found via redirect and follow probes on the 2026-08-12 backfill pass; capture remains queued
Rare Earth Exchanges · published Sep 6, 2025 · retrieved Aug 11, 2026 · archive