America's Rare Earth Reckoning Could Create a New Strategic Powerhouse

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REalloys is investing $20.6 million to secure exclusive rights to 80% of expanded rare earth production capacity at the Saskatchewan Research Council’s facility in Canada. This move prepares for the Pentagon’s 2027 ban on Chinese-origin rare earth materials and aims to create a new strategic supply chain outside China.

As the Pentagon’s 2027 ban on Chinese-origin rare earth materials moves closer, REalloys (NASDAQ: ALOY) is locking down exclusive control of the biggest heavy rare earth metallization systems outside of China. The company says its $20.6 million investment into the Saskatchewan Research Council’s (SRC) rare earth processing facility in Saskatoon secures exclusive preferred rights to up to 80% of expanded production capacity — including commercial-scale NdPr, dysprosium, and terbium output that “no other Western company has…