ERI and ReElement Build U.S. Rare Earth Processing Chain

ERI, a leading U.S. electronics recycler and IT asset disposition provider, has signed a commercial processing agreement with ReElement Technologies that leverages American Resources Corporation’s minority stake in ReElement.

Under the deal, ERI will use its international collection network and eight U.S. recycling centers to aggregate and pre-process end-of-life magnet materials. ERI’s proprietary AI-driven hardware and software identifies, extracts and concentrates magnets and rare earths from electronic waste to produce consistent, high-quality feedstock.

ReElement will refine that feedstock using a modular advanced refining platform to produce high-purity rare-earth oxides, with trial shipments of 99.99%+ material already reaching qualified commercial and defense partners from its Noblesville, Indiana facility. Large-scale production is slated to begin at ReElement’s 400,000-square-foot Marion, Indiana complex in early 2026.

The partnership creates a circular domestic pathway—recycled magnets collected and pre-processed by ERI, then purified by ReElement—aimed at reducing reliance on foreign sources and strengthening U.S. supply chains for mobility, defense and advanced technologies.