Federal instrument · Cooperative agreement

DPA Title III award to REEcycle, January 2025

$5.1 million award via Title III of the Defense Production Act, announced by the U.S. Department of Defense on January 17, 2025, to Rare Resource Recycling, Inc. (REEcycle) of Houston, Texas, to restart an existing demonstration facility and advance commissioning of a commercial facility with an estimated annual production of 50 tons of rare earth oxides recovered from NdFeB magnets in electronic waste.

Facts on this page last re-verified Aug 11, 2026 — the oldest verification date among its current claims. How we verify.

Financial state: Obligated

Program: Defense Production Act Title III · U.S. Department of Defense

Terms

Amount	$5.1M (award amount announced by the Department of Defense via Defense Production Act Title III)

Immutable financial events

Jan 17, 2025 · Obligated

Operational milestones are displayed on the linked facility line, not duplicated in this ledger.

Sources

U.S. Department of Defense · published Jan 17, 2025 · retrieved Aug 11, 2026 · archive