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DoD Awards $35 Million To Support Construction Of Rare Earth Element Facility

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DoD Awards $35 Million To Support Construction Of Rare Earth Element Facility

The Defense Department on Tuesday awarded MP Materials Corp. [MP] a $35 million contract to support construction of a commercial scale processing facility for heavy rare earth elements (HREE) used in the manufacture of high-performance permanent magnets, part of the company’s plan to bring back a domestic supply chain for U.S. magnetics. “The primary applications for HREEs include permanent magnets used in products ranging from electric motors in electric vehicles, to the energy generators within wind turbines,” Deborah Rosenblum, acting…

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