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Neo Performance Materials reopens rare earth facility in China after city lockdown

Canada's Neo Performance Materials Inc. will reopen its rare-earth facility in Jiangyin, China, after 12 days under citywide lockdown orders.

The company said Wednesday that none of its employees tested positive for Covid-19, and that its high-purity heavy rare-earth separations facility would return to full operations.

All of its rare-earth and rare-metal production facilities world-wide are now fully operational, the company said.