Phoenix Tailings Exeter metallization facility
Phoenix Tailings' rare earth metallization facility in Exeter, New Hampshire, opened in October 2025 with initial production of neodymium-praseodymium (NdPr) and dysprosium-iron (DyFe) alloy at roughly 200 tons of rare earth metals per year, scalable to more than 1,000 tons per year. The Department of War's Office of Strategic Capital signed a $500 million conditional loan commitment with Phoenix Tailings in June 2026 to expand production at its existing metallization facilities in Burlington, Massachusetts and Exeter, New Hampshire and to build a new separation and metallization plant (the Freedom Facility).
Location: Exeter, New Hampshire, United States
Rare earth metallization (oxide to metal)
Metallization converting rare earth oxide to metal; initial products neodymium-praseodymium (NdPr) and dysprosium-iron alloy (DyFe), with planned expansion to additional heavy rare earths
Material flow
NdPr Oxide, Dysprosium and Terbium Oxides → NdPr Metal
Capacity
200 t/year · Product mass · Nameplate · as of Oct 23, 2025
1,000 t/year · Product mass · Target · as of Oct 23, 2025
Qualification
Sources
- Phoenix Tailings · published Oct 23, 2025 · retrieved Aug 11, 2026 · archive
- U.S. Department of War · published Jun 16, 2026 · retrieved Aug 11, 2026 · archive