ReElement Expands Rare Earth Oxide Production to Meet Customer Demand
American Resources Corporation's subsidiary, ReElement, is expanding its production capabilities to produce rare earth oxides on a daily basis at its Noblesville Customer Qualification Plant, in addition to its ongoing lithium carbonate production. This expansion coincides with the company's build-out phase of its large-scale Advanced Technology Center in Marion, Indiana. ReElement will produce both light and heavy rare earth oxides at the Noblesville Plant while expanding its footprint and capabilities in Marion.
ReElement recently integrated process automation and autonomous chromatographic column operations, enabling a threefold increase in production capacity without additional labor costs. The company is collaborating with customers and partners to process both light and heavy rare earths from various feedstocks at its Marion Advanced Technology Center.
In addition to expanding its own facilities, ReElement is working with producers and miners to co-locate facilities at their sites. This approach aims to efficiently separate and purify concentrated materials while minimizing logistics costs, carbon footprint, and environmental impact, as well as reducing capital and operating expenses for projects.
In April 2024, ReElement announced an expansion of its exclusive use of Purdue University-developed patents for ligand-assisted displacement chromatography to include rare earth ores. These technologies have been used at the Noblesville Commercial Qualification Facility to produce ultra-pure rare earth oxides and critical battery elements for the growing magnet and energy storage industries. ReElement's platform technology offers a high-performance, scalable solution for the efficient, low-cost, and environmentally safe separation, purification, and refining of rare earth and critical elements outside of China.
