# MP Materials awarded $35M DoD contract for heavy rare earth processing facility

MP Materials was awarded a $35 million contract from the U.S. Department of Defense to support construction of a commercial-scale heavy rare earth elements processing facility at Mountain Pass.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2022-04-01
- Where: Mountain Pass, United States
- Value: $35.0M
- Status: announced
- Products: heavy rare earth elements
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [MP Materials](https://endata.com/companies/37829.md)
- [General Motors](https://endata.com/companies/4654.md) (customer)
- [U.S. Department of Defense](https://endata.com/companies/4836.md) (customer)
- [MP Materials](https://endata.com/companies/37829.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [miningconnection.com](https://miningconnection.com/surface/p6530/P5590), 2022-04-01: "MP Materials has been awarded a $35 million contract through the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment Program to support the construction of a commercial scale processing facility for heavy rare earth elements (HREE) at Mountain"
- [investors.mpmaterials.com](https://investors.mpmaterials.com/investor-news/news-details/2022/MP-Materials-Begins-Construction-on-Texas-Rare-Earth-Magnetics-Factory-to-Restore-Full-U.S.-Supply-Chain/default.aspx), 2022-04-21: "MP Materials and General Motors simultaneously announce a definitive supply agreement commencing in late 2023 to produce rare earth alloy and magnets for GM's EV programs."
- [miningconnection.com](https://miningconnection.com/longwall/news/article/mp_materials_begins_construction_on_texas_rare_earth_magnetics_factory), 2022-05-13: "MP Materials and General Motors are co-announcing a definitive supply agreement to produce alloy and magnets for GM's EV programs."
- [miningconnection.com](https://miningconnection.com/coal_prep/news/article/mp_materials_begins_construction_on_texas_rare_earth_magnetics_factory), 2022-05-13: "MP Materials and General Motors are co-announcing a definitive supply agreement to produce alloy and magnets for GM's EV programs."

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