Cyclic Materials invests $25M to launch rare earth recycling R&D site in Ontario

Cyclic Materials has announced a $25 million investment to launch what it says is North America’s first Centre of Excellence for rare earth recycling to be located in Kingston, Ontario.

The Toronto-based advanced recycling company says the new 140,000-square-foot site will be a “first-of-its-kind” facility serving as its “industrial and innovation backbone.” The facility will combine full-scale commercial processing and research and development (R&D) to address what Cyclic says is one of the world's most pressing supply chain challenges—the resilient sourcing of rare earth elements for use in permanent magnets.

According to Cyclic, the Kingston Centre of Excellence will result in 45 new skilled jobs in the region.

A strategic facility for a circular future

The Kingston Centre of Excellence will house Cyclic’s first commercial hub processing unit, leveraging the company’s proprietary REEPure technology.

The site is designed to convert 500 metric tons of magnet-rich feedstock annually into recycled mixed rare earth oxide, or rMREO—a product that contains components for permanent magnets used in electric vehicle motors, wind turbines and consumer electronics.

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The company says feedstock will be sourced from its Arizona-based “spoke,” where end-of-life products will be processed, as well as a “growing network of partners” supplying magnet production scrap.

The facility also will house an R&D center, including labs and a mini-spoke line, to accelerate process optimization and scale next-generation technologies across the rare earth value chain.

Operations are expected to begin in the first quarter of 2026, and Cyclic says rMREO from the facility will supply its partners within the magnet value chain, including Brussels-based Solvay. In 2024, Cyclic and Solvay signed an offtake agreement, providing a secondary resource of rare earth elements.

At home in Kingston

Also in Kingston are Cyclic’s commercial demonstration facilities as well as a “deep bench” of research, engineering and cleantech collaborators, making it the right fit for the company’s latest investment.

“With this Centre of Excellence, we’re advancing our core mission: to secure the most critical elements of the energy transition through circular innovation,” Cyclic CEO  Ahmad Ghahreman says. “Kingston is where Cyclic began—and now it’s where we’re anchoring our commercial future.”

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The Centre of Excellence will build on partnerships with Queen’s University, Kingston Process Metallurgy, RXN Hub and Impact Chemistry, as well as support from national innovation programs including CMRDD, or Critical Minerals Research, Development and Demonstration, from Natural Resources Canada; Sustainable Development Technology Canada; and the National Research Council’s Industrial Research Assistance Program.

Of the 45 new skilled jobs expected to be created, the company says 20 hires already are on board with recruitment underway for plant operators, process technicians and innovation staff.

"We are thrilled to see Cyclic Materials' significant investment to establish their Centre of Excellence and Hub in Kingston, Ontario,” says Shelley Hirstwood, director of business development at Kingston Economic Development Corp. “This announcement not only creates high-quality jobs in the community but is a reflection of the expertise, talent and supportive ecosystem Kingston has to offer companies. We are proud to support Cyclic Materials' efforts to create a circular supply chain addressing Canada's critical minerals and rare earth elements."