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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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This strategic collaboration seeks to accelerate the restoration of the US rare earth supply chain at commercial scale with high resiliency and environmental sustainability. To optimize for efficiency and sustainability, waste generated during MP’s rare earth alloy and magnet manufacturing will be recycled back into the process.

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UPS makes largest purchase of renewable natural gas yet in the US: 170M gallon equivalents over 7 years

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This is equivalent to planting 17,000,000 trees, removing 228,000 cars off the road or recycling 374,000 tons of waste that would otherwise be sent to the landfill. El Paso, Texas; Fort Worth, Texas; Kansas City, Kan.; UPS fueling stations in Albuquerque, N.M.; Atlanta, Ga.; Chattanooga, Tenn.; Commerce City, Colo.; Orleans, La.;

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

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What’s more, the company is developing a facility in Fort Worth, Texas where it plans to manufacture alloys and magnets from Mountain Pass materials. If you look at pictures of most mines around the world, you’ll see big tailings ponds, where essentially the waste material that is in the liquid settles. And it has customers.

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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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Team partners will purchase a total of 191 commercially available light- to heavy-duty alternative-fuel and advanced-technology vehicles. The project will deploy refueling stations and alternative fuel vehicles in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The project also includes construction of a B20 station. Total DOE award: $14,983,167.

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

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What’s more, the company is developing a facility in Fort Worth, Texas where it plans to manufacture alloys and magnets from Mountain Pass materials. If you look at pictures of most mines around the world, you’ll see big tailings ponds, where essentially the waste material that is in the liquid settles. And it has customers.