Key takeaways from the HaDEA 2nd Showcase Event 2026 in Brussels

The REEPRODUCE project was invited by the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA) to participate in its second Showcase Event that took place on 19th January 2026 in the Charlemagne Conference Centre, Brussels.

Results of the hot commissioning of ELKEM’s robot for rare earth alloy recovery

One of the innovations introduced in the high-temperature electrolysis (HTE) pilot to produce rare earth alloys (REA) is the improvement with respect to automation. In REEPRODUCE, ELKEM is responsible for the commissioning and continuous operation of the HTE cell, and the project has achieved an upgraded electrolysis cell compared to the one developed in the H2020 REE4EU project, which is more automated, and with special measures to attain a favourable working environment and increased throughput.

Bronneberg advances in pilot-scale Nd-magnet extraction

Bronneberg focuses on developing and building a system to extract Nd magnets from end-of-life products. FAU and Bronneberg have developed pilot units to extract Nd-based magnet blocks from selected end-of-life products, and then motor-processing lines were upscaled and integrated into a mobile container with automation for validation activities.