Per: LÚCIA HELENA XAVIER (CETEM), Franciele Rossetti Cúnico (), Jéssica Prats Raspinir (), Orestes Estevam Alarcon ()
Abstract:
High-tech industries that use permanent magnets as components in their products continue to face a challenging scenario. The manufacturing of these magnets relies on metals such as rare earth elements (REEs). These metals are still marked by strong Chinese dominance, due to the recent ban on importing this supply and technological solutions to recover ETRs, resulting in supply risks and uncertainty. To remain competitive, companies need to explore market positioning strategies. Considering the stakeholders in a competitive supply chain, the objective of this research is to propose solutions for the recovery of secondary material, using permanent magnets in Brazil. For this, the SWOT Analysis tool was used to analyze and correlate these factors with sector experts involved in the permanent magnet chain in Brazil. To support the diagnosis, information available in the literature was used and on-site visits and interviews were carried out with the largest manufacturing company in Brazil that uses permanent magnets in its products and the manufacturing industry that recovers secondary materials through recycling. Among the proposals, we highlight, for example, internal and external factors in the recycling of permanent magnets, improvement of the national platform to consolidate post-consumer volumes, training of workers, storage of post-consumer magnet components, and improvements in the design of products.