MP Materials Accelerates Strategy to Reindustrialize the Rare Earth Supply Chain
April 17 2025 - 12:54PM
Business Wire
In response to China’s retaliatory tariffs and export controls,
MP Materials (NYSE: MP) has ceased shipments of rare earth
concentrate to China. Selling our valuable critical materials under
125% tariffs is neither commercially rational nor aligned with
America’s national interest.
We have been preparing for this moment since day one. Our
mission, capital strategy, and execution reflect a long-term vision
built to withstand short-term dislocation and emerge stronger.
MP has invested nearly $1 billion to restore the full rare earth
supply chain in the United States. Today, our California refinery
is processing nearly half of our production, with virtually all of
that material sold into markets outside China—including Japan,
South Korea, and the United States.
We continue to produce and are stockpiling concentrate while
accelerating downstream operations: ramping oxide production,
fast-tracking heavy rare earth separation, and bringing magnet
production online in Texas.
In recent days, manufacturers across critical industries have
urgently reached out in search of a secure, resilient source of
materials and magnets. We are uniquely positioned to answer that
call. We are also in close contact with federal leaders and
encouraged by their determination to support American industry—now
and in the long term.
Together with our customers and U.S. government partners, we are
accelerating every phase of our strategy to reindustrialize the
rare earth supply chain—on American soil. MP is proud to lead this
effort for our partners, our country, and the future.
About MP Materials
MP Materials (NYSE: MP) produces specialty materials that are
vital inputs for electrification and other advanced technologies.
MP’s Mountain Pass facility is America’s only scaled rare earth
production source. The company is currently expanding its
manufacturing operations downstream to provide a full supply chain
solution from materials to magnetics. More information is available
at https://mpmaterials.com/.
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in the United States, China or other countries, including the
implementation of new tariffs, and the impact on the Company’s
business and results of operations as a result of these changes in
trade policy; risks related to the Company’s ability to sell
concentrate in Japan, South Korea, the United States and other
markets outside of China; risks related to the timing and
achievement of expected business milestones, and those risk factors
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Commission, including Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly
Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and other
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Commission.
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