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Fig. 9.1 Chinese prices of Nd
-
Fe
-
B magnets in 2012 and 2013 (data taken from [
5
,
6
])
consider how such a cycle is performed. We also assume that the manufacturing
costs of the AMRs equals 60 eurokg
−
1
Si AMR and 150 eurokg
−
1
for the Gd-based AMR. Note that the cost of Gd on the market, when buying a
small quantity of plates of, e.g. 0.2 mm, can exceed 1,000 euro/kg. Another issue
that increases the price is, of course, the purity of the Gd. Therefore, we take
150 eurokg
−
1
for La
Fe
Co
-
-
-
as being optimistic and valid for mass production of high-purity
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