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Rare earth elements have come under increasing focus owing to their criticality to defense equipment manufacturing and clean technology. China has monopolized this supply chain for over two decades and has not shied away from using it for geopolitical leverage, forcing others to think of a diversification strategy. This is Part 3 of a 5-part series in which Platts News explores the strategies under play and the challenges they face. Read More

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's Mitsubishi Materials Corp. said Tuesday it will invest in ReElement Technologies Corp. of the United States and collaborate in the business of recycling of rare earths and other rare metals. The deal comes after Japan and the United States agreed to cooperate in strengthening their critical mineral supply chains in the face of China's tightening of export controls on such materials widely used in a range of technology products. Read More

At Remade’s annual conference, recyclers and refiners said they’re working as fast as they can to meet demand for domestic supplies of critical materials amid geopolitical pressures. To boost domestic supply chains for critical minerals, players in the recovery and recycling value chain will need to foster stronger relationships and think more creatively as geopolitical and global trade pressures mount, said speakers at the Remade Institute’s annual conference on Wednesday in Washington, D.C. Read More

ReElement Technologies is advancing preparations for a potential public listing in the second half of 2026 as it accelerates the scale-up of its rare-earth refining platform, co-founder and Executive Director Mark LaVerghetta said.The Fishers, Indiana-based company is progressing toward the public markets following the recent closing of a USD 200m strategic equity facility backed by Transition Equity Partners, LaVerghetta told this news service. The investment is structured as a milestone-based, tiered preferred equity facility and has already seen an initial drawdown, he said.
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American Resources Corp (NASDAQ:AREC) announced that its minority-held subsidiary ReElement Technologies is expanding its advanced rare earth and critical mineral laboratory capabilities as it prepares to scale operations across its multi-mineral refining platform.American Resources said ReElement has commissioned enhanced laboratory capacity and added technical personnel to support the validation and commercialization of high-purity critical mineral products used in defense, energy, and advanced manufacturing.  Read More

The Department of War (DOW) announced today a September 3, 2025, two-year, $2 million investment in ReElement Technologies Corporation (RTC) of Fishers, Indiana to address the challenges of sourcing allied raw material and increasing domestic critical mineral separation and purification capabilities, which will help establish a reliable industrial base of rare earth minerals. This announcement was delayed due to the government shutdown. This effort, funded through the Office of the Assistant Secretary of War for Industrial Base Policy (OASW(IBP))'s Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment (IBAS) Program, supports Secretary of War priorities in critical minerals research and development by helping to establish a fully allied and domestic rare earth purification supply chain.  Read More

“Africa has an opportunity over the next half a generation to really rise as an industrial superpower.”Ben Kincaid spent the first half of his career as a US diplomat. Much of his time was spent in Africa, specializing in national security issues. Today, and that's why we're so keen to speak with him, he's the CEO of ReElement Technologies Africa, One of their missions is to help African nations process their rare minerals on the continent so they don't simply export them. Their project should create more jobs and keep value in Africa. They've just secured a South African investment firm as an anchor investor in their private capital raise worth $150 million dollars.  Listen Now

Global demand for the rare earth minerals hidden beneath African soil is set to quadruple by 2030. These essential materials range from the lithium in your smartphone to the cobalt powering electric vehicle batteries. Yet for decades, the story has remained the same: raw materials are pulled from the ground, shipped overseas for refining, and sold back to the continent at a massive premium. In this episode, Claude Grunitzky sits down with Ben Kincaid, CEO of ReElement Africa, and Derrick Roper of Novare Holdings to discuss a radical shift in the industry. They are moving beyond simple extraction to establish localized refining and manufacturing hubs in countries like the DRC, Angola, and South Africa. Listen Now

The Trump administration used today’s inaugural Critical Minerals Ministerial at the U.S. Department of State to push the conversation markets have been demanding: less diagnosis, more design—a pro-allies, pro-investment effort aimed at reducing single-point dependencies across mining, processing, and downstream manufacturing. Read More

American Resources uses patented low-energy chromatography to reduce energy consumption in mineral separation, lowering operational risks and costs.Recycling end-of-life wind turbines and batteries helps recover valuable rare earths and battery materials, strengthening domestic supply chains and sustainability.Modular processing technology allows incremental capacity expansion, avoiding over investment and reducing idle energy use.Locating refining facilities near mines or end users cuts transportation energy, costs, and supply chain risks.Industry-wide energy resilience depends on collaboration and transparent communication among all stakeholders to align demand and supply effectively. Read More

From voltage variability to grid limits, this article explores why energy resilience is emerging as a core challenge for industrial maintenance teams. American Resources demonstrates a comprehensive approach by designing energy resilience into processes, capacity planning, and supply chain management.
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American Resources Corp (NASDAQ:AREC) announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Electrified Materials Corporation (EMCO), has begun receiving initial shipments of end-of-life lithium-ion batteries for 2026 at its Noblesville, Indiana, disposition site.The company said the batteries are sourced from both domestic and international partners, and include a range of chemistries such as lithium iron phosphate (LFP) as well as nickel- and cobalt-bearing systems. Read More

American Resources Corp (NASDAQ:AREC) it has successfully minted the world’s first utility token for critical minerals with its subsidiary ReElement Technologies.The token, created in partnership with blockchain firm SAGINT, was minted on a private Sui Layer-1 blockchain and tracks refined neodymium oxide from ReElement’s Noblesville, Indiana, facility. It establishes a verifiable chain of custody, recording material origin, processing, and mass balance, and is designed to support compliance with the US Department of War’s Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS).  Read More

American Resources Corp (NASDAQ:AREC) announced that its minority-held subsidiary ReElement Technologies has developed protocols to produce ultra-high-purity samarium (Sm) for both commercial and defense uses.The company reported achieving samarium purity levels exceeding 99.9% and said its process design supports growing demand for samarium-cobalt (SmCo) magnet-grade materials. Read More

ReElement Technologies, a critical mineral refining company, and Transition Equity Partners (TEP) have announced a strategic partnership supported by a US$200m (£157m) equity facility. The investment is designed to accelerate the expansion of ReElement's rare earth refining operations at its Marion, Indiana facility, with the aim of establishing a Western-controlled alternative to concentrated foreign supply chains.The collaboration could mark a turning point in the race to establish Western-controlled rare earth refining capacity and reduce dependency on concentrated foreign supply chains.   Read More

ReElement Technologies announced a $200 million strategic equity facility from Transition Equity Partners to expand U.S. and allied rare earth and critical mineral refining capacity, anchored at its Marion, Indiana, facility.The company positions its chromatographic separation platform as modular, lower-impact, and capable of processing recycled feedstocks and mined mixed rare earth concentrates, targeting greater than 10,000 metric tons per annum (MTPA) of refined output with additional scalability.  Read More

The rare earth industry in the U.S. is rapidly gaining strategic and economic importance as the country seeks to reduce its long-standing dependence on China-controlled supply chains. To this end, rare earth elements are at the center of new federal policies, industrial investments and emerging domestic production initiatives aimed at securing a more resilient and sovereign supply of infrastructure. Read More

NOBLESVILLE — It is well-documented that the United States is at a disadvantage in the market for critical minerals that are essential to the production of everything from military aircraft to smartphones.But situated alongside a church, a gymnastics studio and a fencing club within a Noblesville strip center, a local startup is working to close the gap. Read More

Emil Michael, Defense Department chief technology officer and undersecretary for research and engineering, joins ‘Squawk Box’ to discuss innovation in defense tech, evolution of the threat environment, details of the $700 million deal with Vulcan Elements and ReElement Technologies to expand magnet productions, implementation of AI at the Defense Department, and more. Watch Now

It is well-documented that the United States is at a disadvantage in the market for critical minerals that areessential to the production of everything from military aircraft to smartphones. But situated alongside a church, a gymnastics studio and a fencing club within a Noblesville strip center, a localstartup is working to close the gap. ReElement Technologies LLC uses technology developed and patented by Purdue University to refine andpurify rare earth metals and permanent magnets at a time when the U.S. wants to break China’s monopoly andovercome its adversary’s restrictions on the materials. Read the PDF

ERI’s partnership with ReElement Technologies to recover rare earth elements from discarded electronics also holds relevance for crypto and blockchain audiences, as the availability of these minerals directly influences the production of high-performance chips and hardware that power decentralized networks. The collaboration itself is focused squarely on recycling, but its impact reaches into the broader tech infrastructure that underpins digital assets. Read More

The Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) announces a joint $700 million conditional loan commitment with Vulcan Elements ("Vulcan") and ReElement Technologies ("ReElement") to increase domestic Neodymium Iron Boron (NdFeB) magnet production and significantly bolster U.S. critical minerals supply chains. Read More

With names like neodymium and dysprosium, rare-earth elements sound exotic — and their perceived scarcity has only added to the mystique.In reality, rare earths aren't that rare, but just difficult to extract and refine. Yet they've become indispensable to modern life, embedded in everything from our smartphones and electric-vehicle motors to wind turbines and medical imaging machines.And demand is climbing. Read More

ERI and ReElement Technologies have reached a strategic commercial processing agreement, ERI announced Thursday. The new partnership is designed to boost the domestic production of refined rare earth oxides from recycled magnet materials. Read More

ERI and ReElement Technologies Corp., a portfolio company of American Resources Corp., have announced a strategic partnership to recover and refine rare earth elements (REEs) from electronics.Fresno, California-based ERI is a leading information technology asset disposition and electronics recycling firm with additional processing operations in Goodyear, Arizona; Plainfield, Indiana; Holliston, Massachusetts; Lincoln Park, New Jersey; Flower Mound, Texas; and Kent, Washington. Read More

(Bloomberg) -- The Commerce Department and Pentagon on Monday pledged financing and potential equity stakes in a domestic producer of rare-earth magnets that are at the center of a trade war with China, the world’s dominant supplier. Commerce signed a non-binding, preliminary letter of intent to provide $50 million from the 2022 CHIPS Act to Vulcan Elements to purchase equipment needed to produce so-called permanent magnets used in fighter jets, wind turbines, and a range of other critical goods, according to a statement from the department. Read More

Vulcan Elements has entered a $1.4 billion partnership with refiner ReElement Technologies and the US government to scale the companies’ development of a domestic rare earth magnet supply chain.The Commerce Department and Pentagon on Monday pledged financing and potential equity stakes in the domestic producer of rare earth magnets that are at the center of an ongoing trade war with China, the world’s dominant supplier. Read More

Vulcan Elements has struck a partnership with the U.S. government and ReElement Technologies to expand domestic rare earth magnet production, the latest effort to secure supplies of critical minerals and cut reliance on China.North Carolina-based Vulcan said it would build and operate a 10,000-metric-tonne magnet facility in the U.S. with investments from the Pentagon and a $50 million investment from the Department of Commerce under the Chips Act in exchange for a stake. Read More

American Resources Corp (NASDAQ:AREC) and its ReElement Technologies Corporation subsidiary announced that they will be attending three additional conferences and events in October, where they will be presenting, providing thought leadership or meeting with customers, investors and industry partners. Read More

American Resources Corp (NASDAQ:AREC) announced that its portfolio company ReElement Technologies Corporation has advanced as a finalist in the National Science Foundation (NSF) Regional Innovation Engines competition.The Critical Materials Crossroads consortium, led by the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) and including ReElement Technologies, is competing for the award, which carries potential funding of up to $160 million over 10 years.  Read More