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GM and MP Materials enter long-term supply agreement to scale rare earth magnet sourcing and production in US

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Rare earth materials sourced from Mountain Pass will be transformed into metal, NdFeB alloy and magnets at a new production facility MP Materials today announced it will build in Fort Worth, Texas, delivering an end-to-end US supply chain. —Shilpan Amin, GM vice president, Global Purchasing and Supply Chain.

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MP Materials has an ambitious US rare earth supply chain strategy to fuel EV innovation

Charged EVs

Permanent magnet motors are dominant in the EV industry, due to their superior efficiency. There’s much hand-wringing in the press these days about battery raw materials such as lithium, cobalt and nickel. Rare earths are used in nickel metal hydride batteries, but not really to a significant extent in lithium-ion batteries.

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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The project will deploy refueling stations and alternative fuel vehicles in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. veterans and out of work or at risk service technicians for work in the alternative fuel and advanced vehicle technology industries. A CNG fueling station will be constructed at 2 of the recipient’s, Allied Waste, locations.

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MP Materials has an ambitious US rare earth supply chain strategy to fuel EV innovation – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

Permanent magnet motors are dominant in the EV industry, due to their superior efficiency. There’s much hand-wringing in the press these days about battery raw materials such as lithium, cobalt and nickel. Rare earths are used in nickel metal hydride batteries, but not really to a significant extent in lithium-ion batteries.