08/26/2026
4f Orbital is America's missing rare-earth midstream.
While the U.S. has significant rare earth reserves, it lacks the industrial capacity to refine them — so concentrates are shipped to China for processing and bought back as finished product. China now controls the majority of refining and over 90% of permanent magnet production.
We close that gap. Based in Texas City, Texas, 4f Orbital builds the mine-to-magnet middle: converting rare earth fluorides — Neodymium, Praseodymium, Dysprosium, Terbium — into high-grade metals, alloys, and powders for America's NdFeB permanent magnet manufacturing base.
Using proven metallothermic reduction and vacuum induction melting, enhanced by proprietary process controls, we provide a secure, domestic source of critical materials for EVs, wind, robotics, electronics, aerospace, and defense — without taking on mining risk.
4F ORBITAL INC. Why did we name the company 4f Orbital? It's not branding.
