New South Carolina Facility Recycles Rare Earth Magnets to Secure US Supply Chains
Williston, Friday, 13 March 2026.
A newly commissioned South Carolina facility extracts rare earth magnets from hard drives in just three seconds, strengthening domestic supply chains for US artificial intelligence and advanced manufacturing.
High-Speed Extraction Meets Advanced Manufacturing
The commissioning event, hosted on Friday, March 13, 2026, at the ILS facility in Williston, South Carolina, marks a critical operational milestone for the region [1]. Utilizing two mobile, skid-mounted automated Inserma units, the site can separate magnet assemblies from end-of-life hard disk drives at a remarkable pace of approximately three seconds per drive [1]. When operating at full capacity, this setup yields a processing volume exceeding 60,000 drives per week [1]. This localized operation currently supports four dedicated roles, with immediate plans to double that headcount as processing volumes increase, contributing to a broader goal of creating up to 100 skilled jobs across HyProMag USA’s domestic operations [1].