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      "locator": "Issuer announcement September 14, 2026; opening body paragraph",
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      "statementEn": "its European permanent magnet manufacturing facility is in commercial production and shipping volumes of rare earth sintered magnets",
      "statementEnSource": "na",
      "reviewedBy": "Benjamin Yang",
      "reviewedAt": "2026-10-17",
      "note": "Issuer reports initial commercial sintered-magnet program and shipments as of 2026-09-14, but does not state the first production-start day. Do not treat publication day as an occurredOn event; no observed 2,000-tonne output, Phase 1B/20,000-tonne achievement, JTF-caused production, or disbursement inference."
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    {
      "id": "src-neo-commercial-production-2026",
      "title": "Neo Advances to Commercial Production at European Facility",
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      "language": "en",
      "datePublished": "2026-09-14",
      "dateAccessed": "2026-10-02",
      "sourceType": "official",
      "confidence": "primary",
      "notes": "Neo states that its European permanent magnet manufacturing facility is in commercial production and shipping volumes of rare-earth sintered magnets to a Tier 1 EV traction-motor customer."
    }
  ],
  "reviewedMilestoneEvidenceBasis": "human-reviewed original publisher claim; not independent on-site or financial verification",
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "src-ec-resourceeu-com-945",
      "title": "RESourceEU Action Plan: Accelerating our critical raw materials strategy to adapt to a new reality (COM(2025) 945 final)",
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      "notes": "The Communication itself, 19 pages, read in full 2026-09-23. Section 2.1: \"Overall, as part of a Team Europe approach, the EU should mobilise EUR 3 billion of EU funds within the next 12 months in direct support of the CRM value chain\"; names the Just Transition Fund's EUR 18.7 million for Neo Performance's rare earths magnet project in Estonia, EIB loan agreements with the Strategic Projects UpCatalyst and Keliber, and the EBRD's equity of around EUR 3.6 million in the Sarytogan Graphite Strategic Project. Section 3.1: by Q2 2026 the Commission will propose restrictions on exports of permanent-magnet scraps and waste."
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}