DoD $35 Million Heavy Rare Earth Processing Contract with MP Materials (February 2022)
Procurement contract
Agency / program
Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment Program
DoD Industrial Base Policy program that funded the heavy rare earth separation contracts with MP Materials and Lynas USA and later smaller separation investments.
Agency: U.S. Department of Defense
Authority: Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment (IBAS) Program
Linked instruments
DoD Heavy Rare Earth Separation Contract with Lynas USA (June 2022, Amended August 2023)
Procurement contract
DoD IBAS $2 million investment in ReElement Technologies
Grant
Sources
- Lynas Rare Earths · published Aug 1, 2023 · retrieved Aug 11, 2026 · archive