Mkango Completes Acquisition Of Remloy
Mkango Resources Limited has completed the acquisition of Remloy, a rare earth magnet recycling business, for €8 million (US$9.3 million), with €5 million paid at closing and the remaining €3 million due in August 2028. Remloy operates a plant in Bitterfeld, Germany, capable of recycling end-of-life rare earth magnets to produce NdFeB alloy powders, with a target capacity of at least 500 tonnes per year. The acquisition includes a significant stockpile of approximately 345 tonnes of end-of-life rare earth magnets and alloys, which is expected to provide future feedstock and trading opportunities. Mkango anticipates substantial synergies with its existing operations, HyProMag and Mkango Rare Earths UK, enhancing its position across the entire rare earth supply chain in Europe and North America.
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MKANGO COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF REMLOY
London / Vancouver: 31 August 2026 - Mkango Resources Ltd. (AIM/TSX-V: MKA) ("Mkango" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that following the announcement on 20 May 2026, the Company has completed the acquisition of the Remloy rare earth magnet recycling business ("Remloy") from Heraeus Amloy Technologies GmbH for €8 million (US$9.3 million[1]) in cash of which €5 million (US$5.8 million1) was settled by Mkango on closing (the "Transaction"). The balance of €3 million (US$3.5 million1) is payable in cash on 28 August 2028, being the second anniversary of completion.
Remloy has developed a plant in Bitterfeld, Germany, which recycles end-of-life rare earth magnets via a melting process (medium loop recycling) to produce neodymium-iron-boron ("NdFeB") alloy powders for the bonded and hot deformed magnet markets. The Remloy process is complementary to HyProMag's short loop recycling process to produce sintered magnets, and to Mkango Rare Earths UK's long loop recycling process, to produce mixed rare earth carbonates and oxides. Target capacity is at least 500 tonnes per year of NdFeB alloy powder.
Highlights
- Fully commissioned production facility, supported by significant investment in equipment and feedstock to date, providing a strong foundation for current production and future expansion opportunities.
- Very large stockpile of end-of-life rare earth magnets, rare earth alloys and other raw materials, totalling approximately 345 tonnes as at completion, providing future feedstock for Remloy and HyProMag, thereby helping to underpin their respective growth strategies, and providing future trading opportunities.
- Targeting scale-up to full capacity over the next few years with current focus on small scale production for product optimisation and initial sales, sample generation for customers and ongoing offtake discussions to support scale-up of operations
- Significant synergies with both HyProMag and Mkango
Former co-Head of Heraeus Remloy, Mr David Bender, has been appointed Managing Director of Remloy with effect from completion, and will work closely with the Mkango and HyProMag teams to grow the business and capture synergies across the group. Mr Bender will continue to be supported by Mr Karsten Rachut, Head of Technology, and Matthias Weber, Head of Operations, together with a strong corporate and operational team already in place.
William Dawes, Chief Executive Officer of Mkango commented: "We are very pleased to close this Transaction and look forward to working with the Remloy team and all stakeholders to grow the Remloy business within Mkango. Through this Transaction, we will further develop and strengthen the rare earth supply chain and ecosystem for recycling and magnet manufacturing in Germany and its neighbours. Mkango is now uniquely positioned across the whole rare earth supply chain in Europe and North America, including projects for recycling, magnet and alloy manufacturing in UK, Germany and USA, rare earth separation in Poland and mining in Malawi, with rare earth metal making also under evaluation. Both HyProMag and Remloy can process feedstock derived from recycled end-of-life magnets or from primary rare earth production, whether third party sourced or, in due course, from our own projects, to produce a range of magnet and alloy products, providing customers with a one-stop-shop solution."
David Bender, Managing Director of Remloy, commented: "Remloy is ideally positioned as part of Mkango. Over the past few years, the Remloy team has worked hard to develop the company to this point. We are now entering a crucial phase in which we will make our products available to customers on a larger scale. Customers will benefit from the synergies within the Mkango Group. I am convinced that this arrangement provides a solid basis for expanding production and recycling capacities for rare-earth magnets in Germany and Europe. Our commitment to this mission will significantly contribute to supply chain resilience and security of supply."
Remloy Production Facility
With Remloy's significant magnet and alloy stockpile, Mkango is now very well positioned in the secondary market for magnetic materials, further enhanced by access to HPMS technology being commercialised by HyProMag, which enables cost effective and energy efficient liberation of embedded NdFeB magnets from end-of-life and production scrap streams.
There are significant potential synergies with Mkango and HyProMag including:
- Enhanced platform for growth in major market for magnetic materials through the development of a further operating site in Germany
- Supply of end-of-life magnets from the Remloy stockpile for processing by the HyProMag group
- Supply of feedstock derived from Hydrogen Processing of Magnet Scrap ("HPMS") by HyProMag to Remloy
- Technical and grant funding collaboration between Mkango, Remloy, HyProMag, University of Birmingham and Pforzheim University
- Co-marketing of products from Mkango, HyProMag and Remloy, providing an expanded product suite to customers
- Future opportunity to supply primary rare earth feedstock from Mkango's Songwe Hill project to Remloy operations for blending with recycled feedstock
In addition to potential synergies, there are significant growth opportunities through scale-up of existing operations and bolt on opportunities for other rare earth metal and alloy process technologies such as strip casting.
Please contact David Hinkel, Manager, External Affairs and Business Development, Remloy, for further information: dhinkel@mkango.ca
About Mkango Resources Ltd.
Mkango is listed on the AIM and the TSX-V Stock Exchanges. Mkango's corporate strategy is to become a market leader in the production of recycled rare earth magnets, alloys and oxides, through its interest in Maginito Limited ("Maginito"), which is owned 79.4 per cent by Mkango and 20.6 per cent by CoTec Holdings Ltd ("CoTec"), and its 100% interest in Remloy to develop new sustainable sources of neodymium, praseodymium, dysprosium and terbium to supply accelerating demand from electric vehicles, wind turbines and other clean energy technologies.
Maginito holds a 100 per cent interest in HyProMag Limited and a 90 per cent direct and indirect interest (assuming conversion of Maginito's convertible loan) in HyProMag GmbH, focused on short loop rare earth magnet recycling and manufacturing in the UK and Germany, respectively, and a 100 per cent interest in Mkango Rare Earths UK Ltd ("Mkango UK"), focused on long loop rare earth magnet recycling via a chemical processing route.
Mkango currently owns 100% of the advanced stage Songwe Hill rare earths project in Malawi and the proposed Puławy rare earths separation plant in Poland. Both the Songwe and Puławy projects have been selected as Strategic Projects under the European Union Critical Raw Materials Act. Songwe has also received Development Funding from the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), the U.S. Government's development finance institution, securing US$4.6 million in reimbursable funding for Front End Engineering and Design. Mkango's subsidiary Mkango Rare Earths Limited signed a Business Combination Agreement with Crown PropTech Acquisitions to list the Songwe Hill and Puławy rare earths projects on NASDAQ via a SPAC merger (the "Proposed Business Combination").
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[1] Euro amounts have been converted into US dollars at a rate of €1.00 = US$1.16.
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