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Startup · United States

Maglut Heavy Industries

HQ Long Beach, United StatesFounded 20251-10 employees

Long Beach, California startup developing a water-based, chromatography (ion-exchange style) process, called ARC-1, to separate rare-earth elements into individual oxides. It reported pilot-scale validation in 2026 and plans a demonstration-scale facility.

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Technologies1

  • Developer
    ARC-1 (Advanced Rare Earth Chromatography, first generation): resin-bead chromatography in place of solvent extraction. Pilot-scale validation claimed by the company; demonstration plant targeted for August 2027.
    PrototypeReported

Maturity and TRL describe this organization's work; the field-wide maturity is on each technology's page.

Funding1 round · $3.1M

Disclosed
$3.1M
Latest
$3.1MPre-Seed · Aug 26, 2026

Totals add known amounts using recorded USD conversions where available; other currencies are shown separately. A ~ marks an estimated amount.

Supply chain1 input · 1 supplier · 1 facility

Produces, processes or develops1

  • Develops · Maglut pilot-scale facility, Long Beach
    Pilot-scale chromatographic separation; demonstration-scale plant expected to be fully operational by August 2027 per the CEO.
    CriticalReported

Suppliers1

  • Non-binding MoU for potential supply of up to 1,000 t/yr of mixed rare-earth concentrate from the Balasausqandiq vanadium project (Kazakhstan) for an initial five years from first production; pricing not agreed. Forward-looking.
    Speculative

Facilities1

  • Maglut pilot-scale facility, Long Beach
    Lab · Long Beach, California, United States
    Operating
    Reported

People2

Company metrics

LinkedIn employee profiles
6
Observed Oct 5, 2026
Bright Data / LinkedIn · Source ↗
LinkedIn followers
565
Observed Oct 5, 2026
Bright Data / LinkedIn · Source ↗

Employee-profile counts reflect LinkedIn profiles associated with the company, not verified headcount. One observation establishes a baseline; it does not establish growth.

Sources12

Profile5

  1. 1

    Los Angeles Business Journal · Aug 31, 2026 · Supports Organization · legal name

    “Maglut Heavy Industries Inc., which came out of stealth mode Aug. 26, aimed to capture the blank space with chromatography”
  2. 2

    Maglut Heavy Industries · Supports Organization

    “2025.07 Maglut Heavy Industries is founded. The company begins with a mission to build a sovereign minerals-processing engine, starting with rare earths.”
  3. 3

    PitchBook · Supports Organization · employee range

    “Maglut Heavy Industries has 6 total employees.”
  4. 4

    Linkedin via Bright Data · Supports Organization · logo

    “{"logo": "https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/v2/D560BAQG2Wj7WMS9_DQ/company-logo_200_200/B56ZvZwi8IGQAI-/0/1768884940937/maglut_logo?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=0Z4c_eS_9AYg_sqFqvwi5WrTq9MKw2BG6h2cBYBw7eE"}”
  5. 5

    Maglut Heavy Industries · Supports Organization · name

    “Maglut Heavy Industries - A sovereign mineral processing engine”

Technologies3

  1. 6

    Los Angeles Times · Aug 27, 2026 · Supports Organization input, Organization technology, Role

    “The company has validated its ARC-1 process at pilot scale, separating real-world feedstock into individual rare earth oxides at 99.9% purity and higher.”
  2. 7

    Tectonic Defense · Aug 26, 2026 · Supports Funding round · amount, Organization technology

    “emerged from stealth with $3.1M in pre-seed funding”
  3. 8

    Black Flag · Supports Organization, Organization technology, Role

    “Maglut Heavy Industries is building precision rare earth purification technology to restore domestic separation capacity. Based in Long Beach, CA”

Funding1

  1. 9

    FinSMEs · Aug 27, 2026 · Supports Funding round · investors

    “raised $3.1m in funding. Backers included Wave Function, Nova Threshold, and Julian Capital.”

Supply chain2

  1. 10

    Ferro-Alloy Resources Limited (RNS) · Sep 23, 2026 · Supports Supply relationship

    “it has entered into a non-binding memorandum of understanding ("MoU") with Maglut Heavy Industries Inc, a US strategic rare earths separation company, for the potential supply of a mixed rare earth concentrate”
  2. 11

    MINING.COM · Aug 26, 2026 · Supports Facility, Organization, Organization · founded year, Organization input

    “at an industry event at its pilot-scale facility in Long Beach, California.”

People1

  1. 12

    Rare Earth Exchanges · Aug 26, 2026 · Supports Role

    “COO and co-founder Azhar Yerzhanova (opens in a new tab) brings the commercial counterweight: NYU and Columbia training followed by investment banking, materials-focused venture capital”

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