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==U.S. government contracts==
In July 2020, the [[United States Department of Defense]] issued a preliminary contract to MP Materials intended to restore domestic heavy rare earth production and separation capabilities to the United States.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Scheyder|first=Ernest|date=2020-07-22|title=Pentagon resumes rare earths funding program after review|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-rareearths-idUSKCN24M2Z4|access-date=2021-03-16}}</ref><ref name="2020 Q3 Investor Q&A">{{cite web | url=https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1801368/000119312520195045/d92932d425.htm | title=MP Materials Corp 2020 Q3 Investor Q&A | publisher=[[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]] | access-date=January 31, 2021 | archive-date=February 4, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204093652/https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1801368/000119312520195045/d92932d425.htm | url-status=live }}</ref> In November 2020, the United States Department of Defense awarded MP Materials $9.6 million as part of a government effort to increase domestic production of rare earth materials.<ref>{{cite news |title=U.S. rare earths miner MP Materials profit surges in first results post listing |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mp-materials-results-idUKKBN2832X2 |access-date=13 July 2021 |work=Reuters |date=23 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=China May Ban Rare Earth Tech Exports on Security Concerns |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-19/china-may-ban-rare-earth-technology-exports-on-security-concerns |access-date=13 July 2021 |work=Bloomberg News |date=19 February 2021}}</ref>
On September 30 , 2020, President Donald Trump issued an executive order targeting China's dominance of rare earth materials. In the executive order, he expressed concern for the heavy reliance of the US on China for 80 percent of rare earth materials. He reiterated the importance of producing and refining rare earth in the US and discussed various tariffs and government grants to rare earth material companies such as MP Materials.
In 2021, MP Materials received $3 million in funding from the [[United States Department of Energy]] to design and study the feasibility of a system to produce rare earth oxides and metals from coal by-products in collaboration with the University of Kentucky.<ref name=lvrj>{{cite news |last1=Hudson |first1=Sabrina |title=Mine near Las Vegas produces much of world's rare earth materials |url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-nevada/mine-near-las-vegas-produces-much-of-worlds-rare-earth-materials-2366832/ |access-date=12 July 2021 |work=Las Vegas Review Journal |date=29 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=DOE awards #3M to MP Materials for project to extract rare earths from fossil fuel waste streams |url=https://www.greencarcongress.com/2021/05/20210517-mpmaterials.html |access-date=12 July 2021 |work=Green Car Congress |date=17 May 2021}}</ref>
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