July 16, 2025 Ucore to start rare earth output at Louisiana plant next May The company is transforming an 80,000 square-foot building on a former Air Force base into an $80 million plant for rare earth magnet materials.
July 15, 2025 Pentagon looking forward to working with US rare earths firms, official says The Pentagon last week signed a multibillion-dollar deal to become the largest shareholder in rare earths producer MP Materials.
July 15, 2025 Apple invests $500M in Pentagon-backed MP Materials Apple and MP Materials are joining forces to develop a local supply chain of rare earth magnets.
July 14, 2025 US rare earth pricing system is poised to challenge China’s dominance Under a deal made public last week, the US Department of Defense will guarantee a minimum price for its sole domestic rare earth miner MP Materials.
July 14, 2025 China’s rare earth exports jump in June in sign of trade war relief China's rare earths exports rose 32% in June from the month before, customs data showed on Monday.
July 12, 2025 Australian rare earth stocks soar on MP Materials’ multi-billion US deal Lynas Rare Earths and Iluka Resources shares jumped after the Pentagon said it would take a big stake in MP Materials.
July 11, 2025 CHART: Nvidia hits $4 trillion – how do mining stocks stack up? It's an open money pit.
July 11, 2025 China rejects EU condemnation over rare earth controls China urged the European Parliament to stop politicizing trade and economic issues.
July 10, 2025 MP Materials lands multi-billion Pentagon deal Deal will make the US Department of Defense the largest shareholder in MP, the sole domestic producer of rare earth elements.
July 9, 2025 China risks global heavy rare earth supply to stop Myanmar rebel victory Nearly half the world's supply of heavy rare earths is extracted from mines in Kachin state, Myanmar.
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