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Apple Taps MP Materials For Recycled Rare Earth Magnets
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However, it’s not just the government rushing to ensure rare earth supply. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has one-upped the Pentagon by announcing a $500 million agreement with MP Materials to secure recycled rare earth magnets.
In 2025, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) agreed to buy $400 million of preferred stock in MP Materials. This investment supports the expansion of its processing capacity and the construction of a second magnet manufacturing facility in the U.S. to supply key components to military weapons systems.
MP Materials said on Wednesday it would sell $500 million of its common stock, a day after the U.S. rare earths miner inked a supply deal with Apple .
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Barchart on MSNThe Pentagon Just Made a Huge Bet on MP Materials. How Should You Play MP Stock Here?MP Materials (MP) shares are trading nearly 50% higher today after the Defense Department announced a massive investment in the Las Vegas-based rare earth miner. The Pentagon has agreed to load up on $400 million worth of MP’s preferred stock – positioning itself as the company’s largest shareholder,
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.
Tech giant Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has struck a $500 million deal with Pentagon-backed MP Materials (NYSE: MP), the United States’ only producer of rare earth elements, as part of a larger effort to secure domestic supply chains for smartphones and electric vehicles.
The Defense Department on Thursday became the largest shareholder in MP Materials, which owns the only rare earth mine in the U.S., amid a surge in demand for rare earths mined in the U.S. as China has curbed its rare earth exports amid a trade war with the U.S.