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DOE commits federal funds toward critical minerals

Published: August 28, 2025
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Funding will target extraction of critical minerals from e-scrap, R&D to reduce mineral demand and workforce training, among other initiatives. | Tada Images/Shutterstock

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has unveiled four new funding opportunities to expand domestic production and recycling of critical minerals to strengthen the supply chains for clean-energy technologies.

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EverMetal equity acquires CAI Custom Alloys

Published: August 21, 2025
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The new private equity group is launching a recycling platform to build US supply of critical metals for aerospace and defense applications. | Nomad Soul / Shutterstock

EverMetal Holdings has entered the US recycling market with the acquisition of CAI Custom Alloys, marking the debut of a private equity-backed platform focused on critical metals used in aerospace, defense, power generation and technology. 
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Companies set to boost US rare earth magnet recycling

Published: July 31, 2025
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Electronics processor ILS will supply magnets sourced from end-of-life hard drives to HyProMag for rare earth recovery. | SolidMaks/Shutterstock

A new partnership between rare earth processor HyProMag USA and electronics recovery firm Intelligent Lifecycle Solutions aims to secure and sustain domestic access to rare earth magnets used in everything from electric vehicles to smartphones to missile systems. Continue Reading

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Apple, rare earth firm to process end-of-life device magnets

Published: July 17, 2025
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MP Materials, which operates the only U.S. rare earth mine, is building out recycling capacity that will recover rare earths from end-of-life post-consumer electronics, with support from Apple. | Photo courtesy Apple

Domestic rare earth company MP Materials and major OEM Apple this week announced a collaboration in which Apple has committed to buy $500 million in magnets from MP. The project will involve the companies harvesting rare earth minerals from recycled electronics.
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Australian metals company rebrands, builds Texas plant

Published: July 10, 2025
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Now known as Metallium, MTM Critical Metals is building its first U.S. location in Houston, with plans to expand. | Petr Bonek/Shutterstock

MTM Critical Metals, a metals refiner that processes e-scrap, will expand operations beyond Western Australia and into the U.S. amid a rebranding, the company announced during a recent investor call.
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Project brings rare earth recovery into e-scrap facility

Published: July 10, 2025
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Project stakeholders tour RecycleForce in May, observing an on-site rare earth recovery system built around acid-free dissolution technology. | Photo courtesy RecycleForce

Editor’s Note: Learn more in person – RecycleForce and Ames National Lab will speak about the rare earth recovery project during a plenary session at the 2025 E-Scrap Conference, set for Oct. 27-29 in Grapevine, Texas.

A pilot project is demonstrating a bolt-on modular system that could make it logistically and economically feasible for e-scrap processors to recover rare earth elements from end-of-life electronics within their existing facilities. Continue Reading

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Company debuts battery-containing device shredder

Published: June 26, 2025
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The first-of-its-kind BIDS unit processes electronics up to laptop size and can safely handle lithium-ion batteries. | Photo courtesy Jeff Gloyd.

Seeing the lack of smaller-scale systems suited for processing small personal devices containing lithium-ion batteries, Houston-based Gloyd Recycling Solutions developed what it says is the first marketed device to shred battery-containing devices of laptop size and smaller. Continue Reading

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Texas A&M researches rare earth extraction

Published: June 5, 2025
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A project funded by the U.S. Department of Energy is looking for more practical solutions to recycle electronics. | ShengYing Lin/Shutterstock

Researchers at Texas A&M University say they’re developing a more efficient way to recycle rare earth elements from e-scrap with a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy. Continue Reading

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Bill would create critical minerals task force

Published: May 29, 2025
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A federal lawmaker has introduced the “Intergovernmental Critical Minerals Task Force Act,” seeking to diminish U.S. reliance on China for critical minerals via domestic mining, recycling and finding other trade partners.  | Joaquin Corbalan/Shutterstock

A federal lawmaker has introduced the “Intergovernmental Critical Minerals Task Force Act,” seeking to diminish U.S. reliance on China for critical minerals via domestic mining, recycling and finding other trade partners.  Continue Reading

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E-scrap sector continues solar processing push

Published: May 22, 2025
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Size-reduced solar panels at Com2 Recycling Solutions’ Illinois facility. The company is using the glass to offset declining CRT volumes. | Photo courtesy Com2

Electronics processors are increasingly adding solar panel recycling capacity, in some cases processing the panels similarly to declining streams like CRT glass and in other cases rolling out entirely new technologies, companies said in recent interviews. Continue Reading

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