Rare Earth Exchanges Joins Atlanta Critical Resources Expo as Minerals, Batteries and Recycling Converge

Highlights

• REEx will participate in North America's Critical Minerals Expo & Conference at Cobb Galleria Centre, Atlanta, October 28–29, 2026.
• Trans-World Events is combining three expos—Critical Minerals, Battery Recycling, and E-Waste—under one roof for the first time, expecting 1,500+ attendees.
• CMI Executive Director Tracy Hughes will moderate rare-earth panels featuring industry leaders from Neo Performance Materials and American Rare Earths.
• A fireside discussion with ERI and Cyclic Materials will explore recovering rare earths and critical minerals from electronic waste.
• The event is free to attend, covering both the exhibition floor and the full conference program.

Rare Earth Exchanges® (REEx) will participate in North America's Critical Minerals Expo & Conference, October 28–29, 2026, at the Cobb Galleria Centre in Atlanta, Georgia, as three increasingly interconnected industries gather under one roof.

Organizer Trans-World Events is combining the Critical Minerals Expo, Battery Recycling Conference & Expo, and E-Waste World Conference & Expo for the first time, bringing together more than 1,500 expected attendees, 150+ exhibitors, and 60+ speakers. Admission to the exhibition and conference program is free. The program reflects a fundamental shift REEx has tracked across the critical-minerals economy: securing mines is no longer enough. Resilience increasingly requires integrated networks spanning mineral processing, manufacturing, recycling, recovery, and circular supply chains.

Critical Minerals Institute Executive Director Tracy Hughes will moderate rare-earth discussions featuring CMI Co-Chair Melissa Sanderson, former Neo Performance Materials CEO and Chairman Constantine Karayannopoulos, and American Rare Earths CEO Mark Wall.

A separate fireside discussion featuring ERI and Cyclic Materials will examine their partnership to recover rare earths and other critical minerals from electronic waste. “Critical minerals have moved from a specialized mining conversation to a strategic industrial imperative,” said Rare Earth Exchanges. “The conference brings the upstream, downstream, and circular-economy pieces together at precisely the moment Western supply chains need to connect them.”

Event: October 28–29, 2026 | Cobb Galleria Centre, Atlanta, Georgia

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