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MP Materials (MP) Is Up 5.8% After U.S. Equity Stake and Venezuela Supply Hopes - What's Changed
The U.S. government recently took a direct 15% equity stake in MP Materials for US$400 million and expanded a long-term Department of Defense partnership to back rare-earth magnet production at its Mountain Pass facility, while MP advanced plans for a roughly US$1.20 billion magnet plant in Northlake, Texas.
At the same time, optimism about improved U.S.–Venezuela trade has raised the prospect that MP could secure heavy rare-earth supplies to complement its light rare-earth output,...