Rare earth minerals must pass through several processing steps before they can be used in permanent magnets, motors, defense systems, robotics, electronics and advanced manufacturing. One of the most difficult steps is refining, where mixed rare earth material is divided into individual high-purity rare earth products.
Ucore is focused on this midstream bottleneck. The company is commercializing RapidSXâ„¢, qualifying rare earth oxide products with downstream customers and developing its first planned commercial separation facility in Louisiana.
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Louisiana SMC design includes an initial 600 tpa Machine A and three production lines, each targeted for up to approximately 3,000 tpa of TREO throughput.
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Funding under its current U.S. government OTA totaling US$22.4 million, including US$18.4 million for a commercial-scale RapidSXâ„¢ machine and supporting infrastructure in Louisiana.
For samarium and gadolinium rare earth processing in Kingston, Ontario.
RapidSX™ is Ucore’s proprietary rare earth separation technology, designed to modernize how critical rare earth elements are processed in North America. Built on proven chemistry and advanced engineering, RapidSX™ is being developed to separate the rare earth materials needed for permanent magnets, defense systems, electric vehicles, energy technologies, and advanced manufacturing, while supporting a more secure and independent critical minerals supply chain.
We have demonstrated that RapidSXâ„¢ can process rare earth elements faster than conventional solvent extraction while achieving comparable or better purity and recovery, with a significantly smaller physical equipment footprint.
~7,400+ run-time hours at its RapidSXâ„¢ Commercialization and Demonstration Facility, supporting engineering work for the planned Louisiana Strategic Metals Complex.
Ucore’s optimized Louisiana SMC configuration targets approximately 9,600 tonnes per annum of TREO throughput, using an initial ≈600 tpa Machine A plus three RapidSX™ production lines.
Conventional solvent extraction has long been the dominant commercial method for separating rare earth elements. The challenge is that traditional systems can require large equipment footprints, extensive tank infrastructure, long processing times, and significant operating complexity.
RapidSXâ„¢ is designed to preserve the proven chemistry of solvent extraction while changing how that chemistry is applied. We have demonstrated that RapidSXâ„¢ can process rare earth elements faster than a comparable conventional solvent extraction plant with the same product throughput, resulting in a significantly smaller physical footprint.
RapidSXâ„¢ is designed around modular process lines that can be built, optimized, replicated, and expanded as commercial demand grows.
Rather than relying on one large, fixed processing buildout, Ucore’s modular approach is intended to support phased deployment, operating flexibility, and disciplined capital allocation.
A modular system is designed so that capacity can be added in defined building blocks. RapidSXâ„¢ process lines can be configured as a series of machines, with each machine performing a specific solvent extraction separation step.Â
RapidSXâ„¢ is designed to process a range of light and heavy rare earth feedstocks using reconfigurable components and solvent extraction steps.
Rare earth feedstocks are complex. A mixed rare earth carbonate, mixed rare earth oxide, monazite-derived feedstock, bastnaesite-derived feedstock, ionic clay source, or xenotime source can each require different processing conditions and separation steps.
Ucore is using its Kingston, Ontario Commercialization and Demonstration Facility to advance RapidSXâ„¢ from demonstration toward commercial deployment at the Louisiana Strategic Metals Complex.
The Kingston facility is being used to demonstrate technology performance, produce sample materials, support partner qualification, improve operating systems, and transfer knowledge into the planned U.S. commercial facility.
Ucore’s 52-stage RapidSXâ„¢ Commercial Demonstration Plant is located within the company’s Commercialization and Demonstration Facility in Kingston, Ontario.Â
Rare earth elements are essential to advanced defense systems, guidance technologies, radar, drones, aircraft, naval systems, and secure communications. Ucore is helping support the domestic separation capacity needed for a more secure defense supply chain.
Permanent magnets are critical to many electric motors, making rare earth separation an important step in supporting the EV supply chain.
Rare earth materials support wind power, grid technologies, energy storage, and other systems needed for a more resilient energy future.
High-performance magnets help power robotics, factory automation, precision equipment, and next-generation industrial technologies.
Rare earth materials are used across electronics, medical technologies, aerospace, and other high-value manufacturing sectors.
Rare earth processing is now a national priority. Ucore is aligned with that mission.
Governments in the United States and Canada are moving quickly to strengthen critical minerals supply chains, reduce dependence on concentrated foreign processing capacity, and support domestic rare earth separation.
Ucore’s strategy is directly aligned with this policy shift. The company has announced U.S. government funding, conditional Canadian government support, DPAS-rated equipment priority, and recognition within broader North American and allied critical minerals initiatives.
US$27M
Ucore has secured US$27 million in total grant funding under its agreement with the U.S. Army Contracting Command-Orlando, including an additional US$4.6 million announced in September 2026 to advance samarium and gadolinium refining.
The expanded program supports samarium and gadolinium process development in Kingston, Ontario, and the deployment of Enhanced Machine A at the planned Louisiana Strategic Metals Complex in Alexandria. This work advances Ucore’s RapidSX™ technology toward commercial rare earth separation for U.S. defense and industrial supply chains.
C$36.3M
Ucore has announced conditional approval for up to C$36.3 million from the Government of Canada, through Natural Resources Canada and FedDev Ontario, to support Canadian rare earth processing in Kingston, Ontario.
The program is focused on scaling up a commercial processing facility dedicated to the refining of samarium and gadolinium, two rare earth elements important to advanced magnet and defense-related supply chains.
DPAS DO-B8
Ucore has announced that work connected to the Louisiana SMC has received DPAS-rated status. Under the Defense Priorities and Allocations System, rated orders are given preferential treatment to support national defense and emergency preparedness requirements.
Ucore also announced the arrival of a DPAS-rated long-lead equipment component at the Louisiana SMC, including a 4,000-gallon glass-lined reactor procured under the company’s modified U.S. government funding agreement.