MP Materials

MP Materials Corp.
Company typePublic
Industry
Founded2017; 7 years ago (2017)
Founders
  • James Litinsky
  • Michael Rosenthal
HeadquartersLas Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
James Litinsky
(Executive Chairman & CEO)
Michael Rosenthal
(COO)
ProductsRare earth concentrates,[1] metals,[2] and neodymium magnets[3]
Production output
38,500 tonnes[4] (2020)
OwnerJHL Capital Group, QVT Financial LP, James Litinsky, Shenghe Resources[5]
Number of employees
681[6] (2024[7])
Websitempmaterials.com Edit this at Wikidata
Footnotes / references
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Mountain Pass mine, aerial view

MP Materials Corp. is an American rare-earth materials company headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada. MP Materials owns and operates the Mountain Pass mine, the only operating rare earth mine and processing facility in the United States.[10] The rare earth materials industry is dominated by China, which produces 60% of the world's rare earth elements and processes 90% of these materials, including imports from other countries.[11] MP Materials focuses its production on Neodymium-Praseodymium (NdPr), a rare earth material used in high-strength permanent magnets that power the traction motors found in electric vehicles, robotics, wind turbines, drones and other advanced motion technologies.[12] MP Materials is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "MP". As of December 2021, JHL Capital Group, QVT Financial and CEO James Litinsky were the company's three largest shareholders, with about 7.7% of the company owned by Shenghe Resources, a Chinese company partly owned by the country's Ministry of Natural Resources.[13]

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