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China completes full-performance tests of world’s largest superconducting magnet

China has completed testing of what it says is the world’s largest superconducting magnet ...
Newsweek

China Now Has the World’s Strongest Magnet

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A lab in China has produced the most powerful steady magnetic field in ...
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The final 3,000-ton magnet for the world’s largest fusion reactor just arrived in France — a 59-foot coil that took 15 years and clears the way to first plasma

A 300-ton superconducting coil, roughly 59 feet tall, rolled through the gates of the ITER fusion reactor complex in southern France in May 2026, completing the last major delivery in a ...
CNBC

China’s mineral dominance gives Western magnet makers a moment in the sun

A turbulent year of export restrictions and tariff threats has thrust the importance of magnet makers into the global spotlight. Rare earth magnets power everything from electric vehicles, wind ...
Business Wire

Niron Magnetics Opens the World’s First Manufacturing Facility for Powerful Rare-Earth-Free Permanent Magnets

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Niron Magnetics, the world’s only producer of powerful rare-earth-free permanent magnets, today announced the grand opening of its commercial pilot plant in Minneapolis.
EurekAlert!

China’s resistive magnet sets new world record

A resistive magnet in China, produced a steady magnetic field of 42 tesla on Sept. 22, setting a new world record for magnets of its kind. It is another major breakthrough by High Magnetic Field ...
The New York Times

The Race Is on to Make Rare Earth Magnets Outside China

After Beijing exerted its power over the valuable magnets as leverage, other countries started to add production, but only incrementally. And China is far ahead. After Beijing exerted its power over ...