Inside look at MP Materials amid the rare earth race

The Trump administration's push to secure U.S. supply chains of rare earth minerals amid trade tensions with China features a public-private partnership with a domestic producer that now has the Pentagon as its largest shareholder. In July, the Department of War announced a multibillion-dollar deal involving investments and long-term purchase commitments to buy materials from MP Materials, which is involved with mining rare earth minerals as well as processing and refining the metals and manufacturing magne ...