Washi Peg fridge magnets tutorial

August 15, 2014

We’ve discovered Washi Tape and it’s beautiful! After some discussion, we decided to use it to make pretty peg fridge magnets using some wooden pegs and some neodymium magnets. The first job was to measure the width of the pegs which turned out to be just over 9mm so we used 9x1mm neodymium disk magnets for this project. You will … Continue reading →

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6 washi tape peg fridge magnets on a fridge

New Rare Earth plant

November 8, 2012

A Malaysian court has given Australian company Lynas authorisation to start production at a controversial rare earths processing plant. The full story is on the BBC website here.

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Latest news on Neodymium prices

February 20, 2012

The prices of raw neodymium have already fallen since their record high in June and July 2011 and the trend looks set to continue throughout 2012. There will, therefore, be some easing on the prices of magnets, although increases in fuel costs are also having a knock on effect.

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Japan finds rare earth

August 7, 2011

http://tgr.ph/qxaJ7i This article from the Daily Telegraph on 10 July 2011 shows that the world is not sitting idly by while China continues to strangle the trade in Rare Earth Elements. While mining of the Rare Earths from the floor of the Pacific is still a long way off, at least it offers some hope for the future.

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