We are American renewable METALs, llc
REVOLUTIONIZING RARE EARTH AND CRITICAL MINERAL PROCESSING
01 ABOUT
OUR EXPERTISE
The United States possesses vast reserves of critical minerals, however, they remain locked inside of waste products like e-waste, mine tailings and other industrial residues. American Renewable Metals, LLC (ARM) has developed a proprietary breakthrough technology that can rapidly scale on modular, skid-mounted systems in order to address this "processing bottleneck" and create a sustainable domestic supply chain for rare earth elements and other critical minerals.
ARM’s transformational technology is a multi-purpose processing platform that produces high-purity critical minerals and valuable metal co-products through selective leaching, continuous ion exchange and simulated moving bed chromatography into a single, closed-loop process. Once metals are transferred into solution, the platform is feedstock agnostic, enabling selective separation and high- purification of complex multi-metal mixtures. This integrated, continuous approach represents a profound and fundamental departure from conventional solvent extraction by delivering high-purity functional metal products suitable for direct use in U.S. manufacturing while minimizing secondary waste, shortening processing timelines, and reducing CapEx and OpEx.
Welcome to American Renewable Metals, LLC (ARM)! ARM is a rare earth element and critical mineral processing company established in 2019 as a veteran-owned business in Bessemer, Alabama. ARM's proprietary simulated moving bed chromatography platform technology enables high-purity rare earth element and other critical minerals production by processing complex e-waste, mining, and industrial waste feedstocks at a fraction of the time and cost when compared to existing processes.
02 LEADERSHIP
OUR EXECUTIVE TEAM
Daniel J. Blakley
Co-founder, CEO
Dr. William "Rusty" Sutterlin
Co-founder, CSO
Weston T. Williams
COO
Dan has over 25 years of executive and entrepreneurial leadership experience, including as Associate Vice President for Economic Development at The University of Alabama, City President for Regions Bank, and Captain in the US Army Chemical Corps. Dan has served as PI or Co-PI for various large-scale Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, and Economic Development Administration awards. He is an active member of the Tuscaloosa, Alabama community having served as past Chair of the Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama, President of the Black Warrior Council of Boy Scouts America, board member of the Tuscaloosa County Industrial Development Authority, and many other boards and committees. His efforts contributed to the formation of Tuscaloosa’s first business incubator, The EDGE Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation in 2012 and the Techstars WaterTech and Sustainability Accelerator in 2024. He has a BS in chemistry and MA in higher education administration from The University of Alabama.
Dr. Sutterlin has over 30 years of experience in chemical process design. He has been the Chief Science Officer of multiple private companies. During his CSO tenure he has managed over a dozen Federal and state grants. He has been fortunate to oversee multiple projects that went from an idea to large national and international commercial production facilities with capital cost over $300M. His primary research focus is the development of process technologies for the rapid, low-cost, high yield extraction and purification of valuable materials from industrial, mining and agribusiness. Dr. Sutterlin has received organizational, local, state and federal recognition for his work, including being a recipient of the prestigious US Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award and the Alabama Small Business Innovator of the Year and Alabama Entrepreneur of the year. Dr. Sutterlin is listed as an inventor on over 100 patents and patent applications.
Wes is a retired U.S. Army Officer with 22 years of Leadership experience including 17 years as a Green Beret. He has worked with the DOD, DOS, UN, and other Government organizations globally. He was the Operations Officer for a 5200 personnel organization and managed global Special Operations deployments as well as daily operations. Following the military, he was named President for the company Triad Global, a U.S. based “green” company that specializes in optimizing the operational management of mining projects worldwide. He holds a BA in Criminal Justice from the University of Alabama, an MSA in Leadership from Central Michigan University, and is a graduate of the U.S. Army Command General Staff College.
03 EXPERIENCE
OUR ADVANCEMENT
2025
ALABAMA DEPT OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Award from Alabama Research and Development Enhancement Fund - From Waste to Wealth - Unlocking Alabama's Coal Ash Potential
2024
EPRI SPONSORED PHASE 2B
Electric Power Research Institute
2022
ARM SIGNS MOU
The University of Alabama
ARM signs an MOU with The University of Alabama to support the research and development of new technologies.
2022
EPRI SPONSORED PHASE 2A
Electric Power Research Institute
2022
USDA SBIR AWARD
America's Seed Fund
ARM is awarded a USDA Small Business Innovation Research grant to develop technologies that enhance agricultural productivity and sustainability.
2020
INDUSTRY SPONSORED PHASE 1
Major Utility Provider
2022
INNOVATE ALABAMA AWARD
Innovate Alabama Matching Grant
ARM receives funding through the Innovate Alabama Matching Grants Program to support development and commercialization of new technologies.
2021
CORE-CM AWARD
DE-FOA-0002364
ARM is part of the Carbon Ore, Rare Earth, and Critical Minerals Initiative for US Basins to extract and process critical minerals from coal by-products, strengthening domestic supply chains and enhancing energy security.
2019
ARM IS FOUNDED
DE-FOA-0001627
Funded by the DOE, we develop a groundbreaking process for recovering rare earth elements from coal mining waste materials. This innovation results in a new patent and leads to the founding of ARM.
2019
INDUSTRY SPONSORED FEASIBILITY STUDY
Major Utility Provider
CONTACT US
At American Renewable Metals, LLC, we are committed to delivering sustainable and innovative rare earth element and critical mineral processing solutions. Whether you have questions about our products, need support, or want to learn more about our innovative practices, our team is here to help.
High-Purity Rare Earth Oxides Produced by ARM Using Coal Mining Waste from Pennsylvania as Feedstock
