American Resources and ERI Partner to Recycle Rare Earths

American Resources Corp's ReElement Technologies has signed a commercial processing agreement with Electronic Recyclers International (ERI) to divert magnetic material from consumer electronics into rare-earth supply chains.

Under the deal ERI will pre-process devices such as earbuds and mobile phones, concentrating magnetic components into a powder suitable for separation. That feedstock will be delivered to ReElement's Marion, Indiana, facility, which will produce separated, purified rare-earth oxides.

Company executives say ReElement is currently the only U.S. operation able to complete the full recycling-to-oxide process, and that ERI's nationwide infrastructure provides economical access to hard-to-reach materials from small electronics. The initiative is framed as a way to reduce reliance on overseas supply chains and strengthen domestic critical-minerals resilience.

American Resources expects ReElement's Marion site to become North America's largest rare-earth-oxide producer by 2026–2027, with capacity to process both recycled and mined material. The company encourages the public to support the effort by recycling unused electronics through ERI or ReElement.