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American Resources Corporation's Electrified Materials Receives RCRA Permit for Recycling Batteries and Rare Earth Magnets
Electrified Materials recycles lithium ion batteries and rare earth magnet material to create MREC and Battery Black Mass from end-of-life and non-spec
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[{"type":"text","content":"Electrified Materials recycles lithium ion batteries and rare earth magnet material to create MREC and Battery Black Mass from end-of-life and non-spec productsThe permit enables Electrified Materials to monetize copper, aluminum and ferrous metals along with critical minerals and rare earth elements at its Noblesville, IN site FISHERS, IN / ACCESS Newswire / May 14, 2025 / American Resources Corporation's (NASDAQ:AREC) (\"American Resources\") announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Electrified Materials Corp (\"Electrified Materials\" or \"EMCO\"), has received its Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) permit issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM). This permit enable EMCO to preprocess and recycle products containing end-of-life lithium-ion batteries and rare earth magnets to produce critical mineral concentrates that will be supplied to ReElement Technologies to be refined into magnet and battery-grade materials for the domestic defense and commercial supply chains.Mark Jensen, Chairman and CEO of American Resources Corporation commented, \"The full life cycle solution we've created provides a streamlined and collaborative platform to efficiently return critical minerals, rare earth elements, and defense metals back into the domestic supply chain. Securing this permit-along with the installation of our power and substation at our Noblesville, Indiana site-marks a key milestone in scaling our recycling and refining partnership with ReElement Technologies. Together, our ecosystem of incubated companies now delivers the first truly comprehensive circular lifecycle solution in the United States capable of processing and refining end-of-life and off-spec products into high-purity (99.5% to 99.999%) critical materials, rare earths, and defense metals. This permit, combined with the $900,000+ grant from the State of Indiana and our strategic alignment with ReElement, will accelerate our expansion and strengthen our domestic footprint.\"Mark Jensen further added, \"Many early market entrants deployed underdeveloped processes that ultimately lacked scalability or efficiency. Today, our preprocessing (recycling) technologies have been significantly refined - making them safer, more efficient, and more versatile than ever. We're excited to demonstrate...