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The article reports that since the first commercial unit was commissioned in 1982 in South Africa, rare earth magnetic separators are commonplace in many industrial minerals operations. They typically process, amongst many others, mineral sands, glass sands, garnets, refractories, ultra-high purity materials. Over the past two decades, however, rare earth magnetic separators have been recognized as the superior solution in many cases, replacing the bulk of induced roll magnetic separators due to their greater separation efficiencies and lower power consumption.