MP Materials

At one time the US mined rare earth metals but that all stopped in 2002. Now a company called MP Materials has reopened the mine. The ore is still being sent to China for processing. It represents an attempt on the part of the US to gain a foothold in a market that is presently dominated by China. The government is offering to subsidize. This is along with the many billions of subsidies the government has already contributed to the wind and solar business. If science could replace politics all of this money would be going to thorium nuke plants.