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Social media graphic for the HARMONY Women in Science and Engineering series featuring Simonetta Cota and the title “Creativity Meets Engineering: Designing Products for Circular Futures”.

Women in Engineering: Simonetta Cota on design, creativity and circular engineering

20 March 202616 March 2026

Simonetta Cota shares how creativity and design thinking led her into engineering and how her work in the HARMONY project connects product design, recycling systems and critical raw materials recovery.

Categories Interview Tags WiSTEM, Women in Engineering, Women in STEM
Social media graphic for the HARMONY Women in Science and Engineering series showing materials engineer Gabriela Sarriegui working with laboratory equipment. Text on the image reads “Engineering the Future of Magnet Recycling – Interview with Gabriela Sarriegui (CEIT).”

Women in Engineering: Gabriela Sarriegui on materials research and magnet recycling

20 March 20269 March 2026

Materials engineer Gabriela Sarriegui shares how curiosity led her into engineering and how her research on magnet recycling is helping build more sustainable technologies in Europe.

Categories Interview Tags WiSTEM, Women in Engineering, Women in STEM

Why recycling neodymium magnets is harder than it looks

16 March 20262 March 2026

Neodymium is one of the most important materials behind modern technologies, from wind turbines and electric mobility to everyday electronics. …

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Categories Article Tags EUproject, magnet

HARMONY partners meet in Freiberg to advance rare earth magnet recycling

5 February 20263 February 2026

HARMONY partners gathered in Freiberg to review major recycling results, align next steps, and prepare Europe’s rare earth magnet recycling for industrial scale.

Categories Press Release Tags EUproject
Pilot-scale hydrometallurgical reactor system for leaching and precipitation of rare earth elements developed within the HARMONY project.

Scaling Up Hydrometallurgical Recycling of Rare Earth Elements in Europe

5 January 20265 January 2026

A HARMONY pilot demonstrates hydrometallurgical rare earth recycling at industrial-lab scale, advancing circular solutions for critical raw materials.

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Industrial display of permanent magnet brushless motors alongside a HARMONY project flyer on recycling rare earth elements from NdFeB magnets, showcased at an industry event highlighting circular economy innovation and sustainable magnet production. Europe is exploring rare earth magnet recycling to reduce dependency on imports. Learn how the HARMONY project supports circular solutions.

Recycling rare earths: why Europe is turning to circular solutions

23 March 202624 November 2025

Europe is exploring rare earth magnet recycling to reduce dependency on imports. Learn how the HARMONY project supports circular solutions.

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Neodymium

How Waste Codes Could Help Scale Recycling of Permanent Magnets

1 December 202514 October 2025

What if a simple code could make Europe’s magnet recycling smarter, faster, and more circular? In a newly published article, …

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Lorenzo Berzi (UNIFI) being interviewed at ‘Rigenerare il presente’ about LCA and magnet recycling in HARMONY.

From lab to life: what we learned at “Rigenerare il presente”

1 April 202630 September 2025

Citizen engagement that powers circular innovation for permanent magnets Why public conversations matter BRIGHT-NIGHT turned Florence into a citywide stage …

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Categories Event, News Tags magnet

HARMONY Project Advances Circular Rare Earth Magnet Recycling at M21 Review Meeting

3 February 202615 September 2025

The HARMONY consortium met in San Sebastián for its M21 Review Meeting, organised by CEIT. The review confirmed strong progress in rare earth magnet recycling, manufacturing, and validation across the full value chain.

Categories Press Release Tags EUproject

SustainCRMs4EU Cluster Unveils Official Logo and Shared Identity

9 July 202523 June 2025

The HARMONY project is proud to announce that the CRMs4EU cluster – of which we are a member – now …

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Categories News Tags CRMs4EU, EUproject
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HARMONY is on a mission to recycle rare earth elements from end-of-life NdFeB permanent magnets more efficiently

It aims at strengthening the independency and the competitiveness of European industry, enabling a resilience value chain of raw materials by developing and validating at pilot scale an innovative, green, and safe closed-loop recycling process of rare earths elements. The goal is to create a comprehensive recycling process for NdFeB magnetsNdFeB magnets, also … More.

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