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16/05/2025 03:06 AST
US rare earths miner MP Materials has signed a memorandum of understanding with Saudi Arabia's flagship mining company Ma'aden to jointly develop a rare earth supply chain in the Middle Eastern country.
The agreement was signed on the sidelines of the US-Saudi Investment Forum, where President Donald Trump secured a $600 billion investment from the Kingdom covering the energy, defense and mining sectors.
Saudi Arabia has been pushing to become a global critical minerals hub at a time when minerals processing is fast becoming a necessity for tech-focused economies looking to produce their own building blocks for AI, electric vehicles and other sectors.
Last month, Reuters reported Ma'aden was weighing a rare-earths partnership with at least one of four foreign firms, including MP Materials, China's Shenghe Resources, Australia's Lynas Rare Earths or Canada's Neo Performance Materials.
The partnership between MP Materials and Ma'aden would include mining, separation, refining and magnet production of rare earth minerals.
"Today's announcement is an important first step toward rebalancing the global supply chain ... especially in robotics and physical AI - while deepening the strategic alliance between the United States and Saudi Arabia," said MP Materials CEO James Litinsky.
Ma'aden's CEO Bob Wilt said the partnership was an integral step toward establishing mining as "the third pillar" of the Saudi economy.
Shares of MP Materials rose nearly 5 percent before the bell.
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