RapidSX is a modular solvent-extraction platform for separating light and heavy rare-earth feedstocks. It combines proprietary contactor columns and phase separation with conventional extraction chemistry, producing intermediates and qualification samples for magnet and industrial supply chains.
Technical detail
Core features
Feedstock-adaptable separation flowsheets
Modular contactor and phase-separator architecture
Kingston development of samarium and gadolinium processing alongside Louisiana scale-up
Rare-earth-separation
Critical-minerals
Use & integration
Recorded applications
Rare-earth oxide refining for magnets and defence supply chains
Domestic samarium, gadolinium, neodymium, and heavy-REE processing
These describe the reviewed application scope, not confirmed deployments, released requirements or procurement eligibility.
Evidence of maturity
Ucore reports over 7,400 Kingston run-time hours. Its Louisiana plan targets approximately 9,600 tonnes per year TREO, subject to commissioning and customer qualification. September 2026 U.S. funding adds US$4.6 million to the agreement; Canadian support of up to C$36.3 million remains conditional.
Commercial availability
Feedstock partners and potential customers can scope sampling, qualification, processing and licensing discussions with Ucore.
Integration and verification
Readiness
A technology readiness level is not established by the reviewed public sources.
Reviewed connections
No reviewed Mission area or released Defence need connection is currently published.
Original sources 3 linked records
These records support this capability and its published Mission area and Defence need connections. A source count is not a count of independent confirmations.
RapidSX separates light and heavy rare-earth feedstocks using modular contactor columns and phase separators while retaining conventional solvent-extraction chemistry. The modular lines can be reconfigured for differing feedstocks and produce separated rare-earth intermediates and oxide samples for qualification. Ucore reports more than 7,400 run-time hours at Kingston; its Louisiana plan targets approximately 9,600 tonnes per year TREO with commissioning, funding, permitting and customer qualification still part of the scale-up pathway. Customer and OEM sample testing, feedstock partnerships and potential licensing form distinct routes to commercial deployment.
Supports: Capability · defence applications
Rare-earth oxide refining for magnets and defence supply chains
Supports: Capability · commercial availability
RapidSX separates light and heavy rare-earth feedstocks using modular contactor columns and phase separators while retaining conventional solvent-extraction chemistry. The modular lines can be reconfigured for differing feedstocks and produce separated rare-earth intermediates and oxide samples for qualification. Ucore reports more than 7,400 run-time hours at Kingston; its Louisiana plan targets approximately 9,600 tonnes per year TREO with commissioning, funding, permitting and customer qualification still part of the scale-up pathway. Customer and OEM sample testing, feedstock partnerships and potential licensing form distinct routes to commercial deployment.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
RapidSX separates light and heavy rare-earth feedstocks using modular contactor columns and phase separators while retaining conventional solvent-extraction chemistry. The modular lines can be reconfigured for differing feedstocks and produce separated rare-earth intermediates and oxide samples for qualification. Ucore reports more than 7,400 run-time hours at Kingston; its Louisiana plan targets approximately 9,600 tonnes per year TREO with commissioning, funding, permitting and customer qualification still part of the scale-up pathway. Customer and OEM sample testing, feedstock partnerships and potential licensing form distinct routes to commercial deployment.
Supports: Capability · summary
RapidSX separates light and heavy rare-earth feedstocks using modular contactor columns and phase separators while retaining conventional solvent-extraction chemistry. The modular lines can be reconfigured for differing feedstocks and produce separated rare-earth intermediates and oxide samples for qualification. Ucore reports more than 7,400 run-time hours at Kingston; its Louisiana plan targets approximately 9,600 tonnes per year TREO with commissioning, funding, permitting and customer qualification still part of the scale-up pathway. Customer and OEM sample testing, feedstock partnerships and potential licensing form distinct routes to commercial deployment.
Supports: Capability · name
RapidSX separates light and heavy rare-earth feedstocks using modular contactor columns and phase separators while retaining conventional solvent-extraction chemistry. The modular lines can be reconfigured for differing feedstocks and produce separated rare-earth intermediates and oxide samples for qualification. Ucore reports more than 7,400 run-time hours at Kingston; its Louisiana plan targets approximately 9,600 tonnes per year TREO with commissioning, funding, permitting and customer qualification still part of the scale-up pathway. Customer and OEM sample testing, feedstock partnerships and potential licensing form distinct routes to commercial deployment.
Supports: Capability · technicaldomainslugs
True North Map maps RapidSX rare-earth separation to advanced manufacturing and integration from its documented technology functions.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
True North Map applies the critical-minerals tag from Ucore Rare Metals's documented capability functions.
Supports: Capability · summary
RapidSX is a column-based solvent-extraction platform intended to separate light and heavy rare-earth elements with a smaller footprint and faster mass transfer than conventional mixer-settler plants. Kingston demonstration evidence does not yet establish full commercial performance.
Supports: Capability · core features
Modular column solvent-extraction contactors
Supports: Capability · technicaldomainslugs
RapidSX separates light and heavy rare-earth feedstocks using modular contactor columns and phase separators while retaining conventional solvent-extraction chemistry. The modular lines can be reconfigured for differing feedstocks and produce separated rare-earth intermediates and oxide samples for qualification. Ucore reports more than 7,400 run-time hours at Kingston; its Louisiana plan targets approximately 9,600 tonnes per year TREO with commissioning, funding, permitting and customer qualification still part of the scale-up pathway. Customer and OEM sample testing, feedstock partnerships and potential licensing form distinct routes to commercial deployment.
Supports: Capability · maturity
RapidSX separates light and heavy rare-earth feedstocks using modular contactor columns and phase separators while retaining conventional solvent-extraction chemistry. The modular lines can be reconfigured for differing feedstocks and produce separated rare-earth intermediates and oxide samples for qualification. Ucore reports more than 7,400 run-time hours at Kingston; its Louisiana plan targets approximately 9,600 tonnes per year TREO with commissioning, funding, permitting and customer qualification still part of the scale-up pathway. Customer and OEM sample testing, feedstock partnerships and potential licensing form distinct routes to commercial deployment.
Supports: Capability · core features
RapidSX separates light and heavy rare-earth feedstocks using modular contactor columns and phase separators while retaining conventional solvent-extraction chemistry. The modular lines can be reconfigured for differing feedstocks and produce separated rare-earth intermediates and oxide samples for qualification. Ucore reports more than 7,400 run-time hours at Kingston; its Louisiana plan targets approximately 9,600 tonnes per year TREO with commissioning, funding, permitting and customer qualification still part of the scale-up pathway. Customer and OEM sample testing, feedstock partnerships and potential licensing form distinct routes to commercial deployment.
Supports: Capability · commercial availability
Ucore Rare Metals currently presents RapidSX rare-earth separation through its official public capability surface.
Supports: Capability · core features
RapidSX separates light and heavy rare-earth feedstocks using modular contactor columns and phase separators while retaining conventional solvent-extraction chemistry. The modular lines can be reconfigured for differing feedstocks and produce separated rare-earth intermediates and oxide samples for qualification. Ucore reports more than 7,400 run-time hours at Kingston; its Louisiana plan targets approximately 9,600 tonnes per year TREO with commissioning, funding, permitting and customer qualification still part of the scale-up pathway. Customer and OEM sample testing, feedstock partnerships and potential licensing form distinct routes to commercial deployment.
Supports: Capability · defence applications
RapidSX separates light and heavy rare-earth feedstocks using modular contactor columns and phase separators while retaining conventional solvent-extraction chemistry. The modular lines can be reconfigured for differing feedstocks and produce separated rare-earth intermediates and oxide samples for qualification. Ucore reports more than 7,400 run-time hours at Kingston; its Louisiana plan targets approximately 9,600 tonnes per year TREO with commissioning, funding, permitting and customer qualification still part of the scale-up pathway. Customer and OEM sample testing, feedstock partnerships and potential licensing form distinct routes to commercial deployment.
True North Map applies the rare-earth-separation tag from Ucore Rare Metals's documented capability functions.
Supports: Capability · technology readiness level
RapidSX separates light and heavy rare-earth feedstocks using modular contactor columns and phase separators while retaining conventional solvent-extraction chemistry. The modular lines can be reconfigured for differing feedstocks and produce separated rare-earth intermediates and oxide samples for qualification. Ucore reports more than 7,400 run-time hours at Kingston; its Louisiana plan targets approximately 9,600 tonnes per year TREO with commissioning, funding, permitting and customer qualification still part of the scale-up pathway. Customer and OEM sample testing, feedstock partnerships and potential licensing form distinct routes to commercial deployment.
Supports: Capability · technical tags
RapidSX separates light and heavy rare-earth feedstocks using modular contactor columns and phase separators while retaining conventional solvent-extraction chemistry. The modular lines can be reconfigured for differing feedstocks and produce separated rare-earth intermediates and oxide samples for qualification. Ucore reports more than 7,400 run-time hours at Kingston; its Louisiana plan targets approximately 9,600 tonnes per year TREO with commissioning, funding, permitting and customer qualification still part of the scale-up pathway. Customer and OEM sample testing, feedstock partnerships and potential licensing form distinct routes to commercial deployment.
Supports: Capability · capability type
Source-bounded strategic technology capability
Supports: Capability · name
RapidSX rare-earth separation This bounded statement is retained for reviewer verification.
Supports: Capability · defence applications
Domestic samarium, gadolinium, neodymium, and heavy-REE processing
Supports: Capability · defence applications
RapidSX separates light and heavy rare-earth feedstocks using modular contactor columns and phase separators while retaining conventional solvent-extraction chemistry. The modular lines can be reconfigured for differing feedstocks and produce separated rare-earth intermediates and oxide samples for qualification. Ucore reports more than 7,400 run-time hours at Kingston; its Louisiana plan targets approximately 9,600 tonnes per year TREO with commissioning, funding, permitting and customer qualification still part of the scale-up pathway. Customer and OEM sample testing, feedstock partnerships and potential licensing form distinct routes to commercial deployment.
Ucore reports an additional US$4.6 million announced in September 2026, bringing its U.S. Army Contracting Command agreement funding to US$27 million for samarium/gadolinium process development and Enhanced Machine A deployment. Up to C$36.3 million in Canadian support is described as conditionally approved; this is distinct from fully committed or drawn funding. The Louisiana separation complex and Canadian scale-up remain commissioning and qualification pathways, not evidence that every planned output is already produced commercially.
Supports: Capability · maturity
Ucore reports an additional US$4.6 million announced in September 2026, bringing its U.S. Army Contracting Command agreement funding to US$27 million for samarium/gadolinium process development and Enhanced Machine A deployment. Up to C$36.3 million in Canadian support is described as conditionally approved; this is distinct from fully committed or drawn funding. The Louisiana separation complex and Canadian scale-up remain commissioning and qualification pathways, not evidence that every planned output is already produced commercially.
Open Government Canada's public evidence confirms a company-specific project, award, program or operating context, while configuration-specific acceptance and scale remain bounded by the reviewer warning.
Public sources cited · Facts and assessments kept separate · Human review
