MAGNETIC USA 2027
A Detroit-based commercialization platform connecting African critical-mineral opportunities with North American manufacturing, technology, capital and market demand.
Critical minerals have moved from resource conversation to industrial strategy.
Critical minerals and rare earth materials increasingly underpin advanced manufacturing, mobility, energy systems, defense technologies, electronics and critical infrastructure. But securing additional mineral resources is only one part of the challenge.
North American companies are looking for credible, diversified supply pathways. African markets are increasingly focused on processing, value addition, industrial development and stronger participation across mineral value chains. Between those ambitions sits an important execution gap.
Global demand is shifting
Manufacturing, energy, mobility and strategic industries increasingly depend on critical minerals, rare earth materials and permanent magnets.
Supply chains need alternatives
Companies are seeking diversified supply, greater resilience and stronger visibility across upstream and midstream markets.
Africa is pursuing greater value participation
Resource-rich markets are increasingly focused on processing, beneficiation, infrastructure, investment and industrial partnerships.
The gap is execution
Opportunities still need commercial positioning, technical validation, financing, qualified partners and clear pathways to demand.
The critical-minerals challenge is no longer simply about where resources exist. It is about whether they can move from resource potential to commercial use.
A platform for moving opportunity toward commercialization.
Magnetic USA is being developed as more than another industry conference. It is a curated platform for bringing the commercial, technical, financial and institutional parts of the value chain into the same conversation.
A Commercialization Convening
Turning critical-minerals conversations into practical pathways for development, qualification, investment and market adoption.
A Bridge Between Regions
Connecting African mineral opportunity with North American manufacturing, technology, finance and market demand.
A Platform for Implementation
Creating space to address readiness, validation, processing, financing, qualification, offtake and commercial adoption.
A Detroit-Based Flagship
A signature Teraffem initiative rooted in one of North America's most recognized manufacturing and mobility ecosystems.
The full ecosystem required to move projects forward.
Magnetic USA is being shaped around the organizations and practitioners who define demand, build projects, validate technology, structure capital, establish policy, manufacture products and determine whether opportunities can reach commercial scale.
Demand & Industry
OEMs, automotive and mobility companies, advanced manufacturers, energy users, defense and strategic buyers.
Mineral Supply & Projects
African governments, geological institutions, mining and project developers, investment agencies and project owners.
Processing, Materials & Magnets
Processors, refiners, technology providers, alloy producers, magnet manufacturers and component companies.
Capital & Development Finance
Strategic investors, banks, funds, development-finance institutions, export finance and project-finance partners.
Technical & Implementation Partners
Engineers, EPC firms, geologists, metallurgists, labs, testing organizations and responsible-development advisers.
Research, Government & Institutions
Universities, national laboratories, economic-development organizations, federal institutions and multilateral partners.
Building the pathway, not just the introduction.
Magnetic USA is designed around the progression required to move opportunities from relationship development toward real commercial engagement.
Relationship Building
Develop trust, context and alignment between markets and partners.
Opportunity Identification
Surface credible mineral, processing and industrial opportunities.
Readiness & Validation
Understand technical requirements, gaps, specifications, risks and readiness.
Value Addition
Explore processing, beneficiation and industrial-development pathways.
Commercial Partnerships
Connect technology, manufacturers, investors, processors and potential buyers.
Adoption & Scale
Move toward qualification, deployment, offtake, financing and commercial growth.
A tangible pathway from mineral resource to industrial use.
Permanent magnets provide Magnetic USA with a focused commercial lens while allowing the platform to address the broader critical-minerals ecosystem. They connect rare earth materials directly to motors, mobility, energy, defense, robotics and advanced manufacturing.
The critical-minerals conversation belongs closer to the industries that use them.
Detroit gives Magnetic USA a distinct point of view. Critical minerals and rare earth materials ultimately become motors, vehicles, industrial equipment, energy technologies, electronics and advanced manufacturing systems.
Hosting Magnetic USA in the Motor City brings upstream opportunity closer to downstream demand and positions the conversation inside an ecosystem built around manufacturing, mobility, engineering and commercialization.
Where industrial legacy meets the next era of manufacturing and innovation.
Designed for conversations that can move beyond the stage.
The working program is being shaped around relationship building, market alignment and practical pathways toward commercialization.
Before the main conference
An invitation-based gathering of African delegations, North American industry, public-sector partners, capital providers and strategic stakeholders.
- Priority value-chain needs
- Project readiness and financeability
- Offtake, processing and validation pathways
- Relationship building before the main program
Industry context and demand
High-level conversations designed to establish why the ecosystem belongs together.
- From resources to resilience
- What downstream industry actually needs
- Permanent magnets and advanced manufacturing
- African project and value-addition opportunities
Turning interest into next steps
Focused working sessions around the requirements that move opportunities forward.
- Technical validation and qualification
- Financing and bankability
- Processing and value addition
- Curated B2B and B2G engagement
The strongest version of Magnetic USA should be shaped with the people it is intended to serve.
Magnetic USA is currently in development, and Teraffem is beginning conversations with organizations and industry leaders interested in helping shape the initiative.
Part of a broader strategy for stronger critical-minerals partnerships.
Magnetic USA is developed by Teraffem, a Detroit-based strategic intelligence, project-development and business-development company working across critical minerals and rare earth materials.
Teraffem works at the intersection of African mineral opportunity and North American commercial demand, helping identify opportunities, understand readiness and gaps, develop strategic relationships, strengthen investment positioning and connect projects with the technical, financial and commercial partners required to move forward.
MAGNETIC USA 2027
From Resources to Resilience · Building the next North American critical minerals value chain