MP Materials secures U.S. deal to boost rare earth output, cut China reliance, and stabilize EV and defense supply chains.

Lynas Rare Earths (OTCPK:LYSDY) (OTCPK:LYSCF), the largest rare earths producer outside China, soared as much as 20% to its highest level since mid-August 2022, on track for its best trading day since April 2020 after MP Materials' (MP) deal with the U.

Shares of Australian rare earths miners, including Lynas and Iluka Resources , soared on Friday after U.S.-based MP Materials' a multibillion-dollar deal with the U.S. government to boost production of rare earth magnets.

On Thursday, the United States Department of Defense (DOD) entered a major deal with MP Materials. The DOD agreed to buy $400 million of MP Materials newly created preferred shares stock. The move will make the U.S. military the company’s largest stakeholder. In the hours after the deal, the company’s stock surged more than 50%.

An Historic Public-Private Partnership The U.S. Defense Dept. announced yesterday it was making a multibillion-dollar investment in MP Materials (NYSE:MP), the sole operator of the rare earth mineral mine in California.

MP Materials Corp. (NYSE:MP) is one of the 10 Stocks That Investors Are Dumping. MP Materials dropped its share prices by 3.72 percent on Wednesday to end at $30.03 apiece as investors sold off positions following the recent stock rating downgrade from an investment firm.

According to the agreement, the Department of Defense will purchase $400 million of a newly created series of preferred stock that's convertible into shares of the MP Materials common stock as well as a warrant permitting the Department of Defense to acquire additional shares of common stock.