Metallicum Minerals Corporation

Metallicum Minerals Corporation (MMC) is an Australian proprietary limited company and a member of the Metallicum Minerals Group of Companies. MMC will be engaged in the metallurgical processes of smelting rare earth oxides (REO) into rare earth metals (REM) and sintering REM into high-performance permanent magnets.

Rare Earth Elements

Rare earth elements (REE) have become synonymous with many aspects of modern technology and the electrification of everything. As interest grows in rare earth elements for the technologies of the future, MMC aims to be a key player in the global critical minerals industry. As a company focused on the development and fabrication of rare earth metals and magnets, MMC is well placed to contribute to the sustainable advancement of this field.

MMC plans to be the partner of choice for many of the leading international manufacturers of products using rare earth metals and magnets, employing the most efficient processing techniques. MMC will offer world’s best industrial, sustainability and environmental procedures, producing the highest quality oxides and metals and magnets, and offering best-practice customer service.

Importance

In our modern world, REO and REM are used in over 200 products.

MAGNETS

In high power industrial permanent magnets used in many motors and generators, such as wind turbines, electric vehicles and washing machines. The strength of these magnets allows them to be much smaller than regular magnets which are made without REE.

HEALTHCARE

In healthcare and medical devices, such as X-ray, MRI and NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) devices.

ELECTRONICS

In electronics, such as computer hard disks and monitors, flat screen televisions and electronic displays.

LIGHTS, SCREENS & GLASS

In lights, screens, and glass such as fluorescent and LED lighting, screens that range in size from smart phone displays to stadium scoreboards, and for colouring and polishing glass. Their luminescence quality makes them vital for the red-green-blue phosphors used in many light bulbs, panels, and televisions.

STEEL ALLOYS

In steel alloys they are commonly used in the form of mixed oxide known as mischmetal. They are used in steel making to remove impurities and in the production of special alloys.

SOUND & RECORDING

In sound and recording devices, such as electro-acoustic pick-ups, loudspeakers, microphones, headphones and transverse wave tubes (to amplify radio frequency).

AVIATION, AEROSPACE & DEFENCE

REE also have applications in the aviation, aerospace and defence sectors.

Refining

REE is refined by separating it from the ore it is found in. This can involve the process of milling, whereby the ore is ground down to fine particles, then separated from any impunities. Refinement is then undertaken by various chemical techniques, a liquid process which purifies the REE. This can take place over several stages.

REO is the final product of this refining process. REO can then be smelted into REM when it is required for magnets.

Not all REE can be processed the same way as they can occur in different types of deposits, such as hard rock or in ionic clays. This necessitates different techniques, often using different chemicals.

Depending on the source of the REE, radioactive waste can be generated in the separation process. MMC is committed to ensuring the highest standards of environmental responsibly and processing safety throughout the entire production chain.

Rare earth oxide

Neodymium oxide
Due to their light absorption features, processed REEs only absorb small amounts of light, which produces pale-coloured tints.

Rare earth metal

A Neodymium metal ingot
Nd metal is an essential ingredient in high-performance permanent magnets.

Smelted Terbium

A piece of smelted but uncast Terbium, a rare earth metal essential for fabricating high-performance permanent magnets.

High-performance permanent magnet

These magnets maintain their magnetisation under extreme operational stresses, including high temperatures, mechanical vibration and powerful external demagnetising fields.

Rare Earth Elements Stats

Tonnes

Australia REE's production (2025)

Million Tonnes

Australia REO's resource reserves

US$ Million

Australia REE's market value (2025)