AREC News & Events

American Resources, through its affiliated minority holding in ReElement Technologies Corporation, provided an update on the Phase 1 buildout of its Marion, Indiana, refining campus. With global refining capacity highly concentrated outside the United States, ReElement's expansion is positioned to address a significant structural gap in the critical mineral supply chain. Phase 1 has been expanded to include four production lines capable of processing both recycled and primary feedstocks, representing more than 16,000 metric tons of annual separated and purified oxide capacity. The project remains on schedule and substantially under budget, with initial production expected in the third quarter of 2026 and full Phase 1 commissioning throughout the balance of the year.

American Resources Corporation announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Electrified Materials, has expanded its pre-processing capabilities through the procurement of additional equipment and processing capacity at its Indiana facility. The new processing line expands EMCO's ability to aggregate, process and condition magnet materials, copper, aluminum and ferrous metals recovered from end-of-life products and manufacturing scrap. These materials include rare earth element and critical mineral feedstocks that will be conditioned into optimal forms for refining. Conditioned rare earth and critical mineral materials will be supplied to ReElement Technologies Corporation for advanced separation, purification and refining into ultra-high-purity rare earth oxides, which are then supplied to downstream manufacturing partners supporting electrification, defense and advanced manufacturing markets.

American Resources' ReElement Technologies announced the filing of a new patent application designed to complement Direct Lithium Extraction processes for the production of ultra-high-purity lithium products from lithium-bearing brines. This newly filed patent expands ReElement's intellectual property portfolio and reflects its continued leadership in advancing innovative, modular, and environmentally responsible refining technologies. The filing represents ReElement's eighth next-generation patent application, with additional filings currently in development.