REalloys Inc. (NASDAQ: ALOY), a U.S.-based midstream rare earth processing innovator, announced that its leadership has received a formal memorandum from the Department of War, underscoring the urgency to secure domestic heavy rare earth elements (HREE) in advance of the January 2027 prohibition on Chinese-origin rare earth materials. The memorandum designates Dysprosium (Dy) and Terbium (Tb) as two of the most critical and highest-value HREEs, aligning with REalloys’ strategic intent to build HREE processing facilities within North America.
The Department of War memorandum recognizes the government’s comprehensive approach to fortifying America’s HREE supply chain, including financial investment, strategic policy, and expanded public-private partnerships. REalloys operates the only heavy rare earth metallization platform in North America and is scaling it by building the largest heavy rare earth metallization facility outside of China, designed to produce defense-grade dysprosium and terbium metal with a zero-adversary-nexus supply chain compliant with 10 U.S.C. §4872 and DFARS 252.225-7052.
The Company’s integrated platform is anchored by a long-term offtake securing 80% of the output from the Saskatchewan Research Council’s commercial rare earth processing facility, a patent-pending hydrofluoric-acid-free fluorination process, and upstream domestic feedstock from the highest-grade rare earth deposits across allied nations. REalloys is actively advancing through the Defense Industrial Base Consortium’s qualification pathway to deliver compliant, defense-grade heavy rare earth metals to the Department of Defense, the Defense Logistics Agency, and the Defense Industrial Base on an accelerated timeline, as Chinese-origin sourcing prohibitions take full effect in January 2027.
“We believe that the memorandum is a direct reflection of how seriously the Department of War is treating the HREE supply chain challenge and how well REalloys is positioned to align with what the defense industrial base urgently needs,” said Joe Kasper, Head of Government Relations and Chair of REalloys’ Advisory Board. General Jack Keane (Ret.), Board Director of REalloys and former Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, added, “The Department of War is correctly prioritizing the development of domestic HREE processing capacity; building a sovereign, zero-adversary-nexus supply chain is a fundamental national security imperative.”
Stephen duMont, Chairman of REalloys, stated, “The solution we’re building, from commercial-scale processing to innovative metallization and downstream manufacturing operations, is purpose-engineered to lead the industry in answering the call to resolve defense-grade sourcing and supply challenges on the horizon.” REalloys’ Ohio facility serves federal logistics and procurement agencies supporting the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, and NASA, in addition to the broader Defense Industrial Base.
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