Pentagon emphasizes an investment contract with the US manufacturer of a critical minerals

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The Pentagon is a $ 400 million investment from a US landmark, an unusual regulation, the Trump management prevails that the Trump management is dominated and internal supply chains to prevent domestic supply chains.

The company said MPs Materials, Thursday Pentagon It will be the largest shareholder in the society, as well as $ 10,000 metric tons of magnetic production enterprise will invest billions of dollars – in 2028.

“This initiative records a decisive action by the Trump Office to accelerate the independence of the American supply chain,” he said. The Pentagon did not meet immediate commentary.

Litinsky, MPs are more than 14 mn. The company’s stock price added more than 48 percent in response to news and $ 200 million in the personal net value.

It is rare to invest directly to enterprises of the US government. This is to support the development of technologies in the national interests or in excessive condition, until the failure of Wall Street Banks during the financial crisis, or in extreme conditions.

Las Vegas, the MP, removes rare places such as materials, weapons systems and electric vehicles, manages only rare land mine in California, California.

Rare Earth magnets are critical for weapons systems, including F-35 Yildirim II fighter plane, drones, Predator Drones and Virginia and Colombian class submarines. An F-35 needs £ 900 rare lands.

Tomahawk is also found in bombs for a management system developed by missile missiles and the US Air Force and Navy.

Washington is considering the power of attorney for rare lands for rare lands. Rare land minerals are dominated by the mining and processing of the global mining, 55 percent of the global mining and 85 percent.

In April, in Beijing, seven rare land elements and permanent magnets, auto, defense and technology industry caused a decrease of 75 percent in major disorder and magnetic exports. At the same time, US Interior Minister Down Burgum, Trump Administration has invested in domestic criticists.

The Pentagon has been pumped for more than $ 430 million since 2020 since 2020.

Pentagon agreed to receive a number of $ 400 million, which can be converted into a total share in a $ 30.03 conversion price per share. The Defense Department has a guarantee to get additional shares.

The transaction includes the terms for an offtake contract where all the batteries produced by all the batteries produced for the next 10 years. MP materials will also improve objects on the mountain pass site. The company set up about 45 mn in the pentagon financing.

A price floor for Neodymium-Praseodymium to be assigned to the Neodymium-Praseodymium for the Neodymium-Praseodymium, the Neodymium-PraseOdymium will not lose a loss of the company for a sudden increase in the company. Western miners complained Chinese rivals reduce their costs by enjoying floods and generous state support with more than the market supply.

“It is a long-term commitment needed to change global rare land supply chains,” said Neha Mukherjee, Neha Mukherjee, Neha Mukherjee, Rare Lands Research Manager for Benchmark Mineral intelligence. “Single price can allow a market to enter the floor, small developers and marginal manufacturers, to move the game changing.”