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585: 70: 63: 453: 40: 608:, MP Materials said, in May 2019, it will start its own partial processing operation in the United States, though full processing operations without Shenghe Resources have been delayed. According to Bloomberg, China in 2019 established a plan for restricting U.S. access to Chinese heavy rare earth elements, should the punitive step be deemed necessary. In 2022, the company announced that it had secured 548: 571:, which occur naturally in the rare-earth ore. A federal investigation later found that some 60 spills—some unreported—occurred between 1984 and 1998, when the pipeline and chemical processing at the mine were shut down. In all, about 600,000 gallons of radioactive and other hazardous waste flowed onto the desert floor, according to federal authorities. By the end of the 1990s, 465: 1592: 596:
On September 22, 2010, China quietly enacted a ban on exports of rare-earths to Japan, a move suspected to be in retaliation for the Japanese arrest of a Chinese trawler captain in a territorial dispute. Because Japan and China are the only current sources for rare-earth magnetic material used in the
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was served with a cleanup order and a San Bernardino County district attorney's lawsuit. The company paid more than $ 1.4 million in fines and settlements. After preparing a cleanup plan and completing an extensive environmental study, Unocal in 2004 won approval of a county permit that allowed the
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Since 2007, China has restricted exports of REEs (rare-earth elements) and imposed export tariffs, both to conserve resources and to give preference to Chinese manufacturers. In 2009, China supplied more than 96% of the world's REEs. Some outside China are concerned that because rare-earths are
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In December 2010, Molycorp announced that it had secured all the environmental permits needed to build a new ore processing plant at the mine; construction would begin in January 2011, and was expected to be completed by the end of 2012. On August 27, 2012, the company announced that mining had
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In 2008, Chevron sold the mine to privately-held Molycorp Minerals LLC, a company formed to revive the Mountain Pass mine. Molycorp announced plans to spend $ 500 million to reopen and expand the mine, and on July 29, 2010, it raised about $ 400 million through an
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The Mountain Pass deposit was discovered in 1949 by Herbert S. Woodward, Clarence Watkins and P. A. Simon, who noticed anomalously high radioactivity. Molybdenum Corporation of America bought most of the mining claims, and began small-scale production in 1952.
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US, a permanent disruption of Chinese rare-earth supply to Japan would leave China as the sole source. Jeff Green, a rare-earth lobbyist, said, "We are going to be 100 percent reliant on the Chinese to make the components for the defense supply chain." The
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On August 31, 2016, Molycorp Inc. emerged from bankruptcy as Neo Performance Materials, leaving behind the mine as Molycorp Minerals LLC in its own separate Chapter 11 bankruptcy. As of January 2016, its shares were traded OTC under the symbol MCPIQ.
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The processing plant was in full production on June 25, 2015, when Molycorp filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with outstanding bonds in the amount of $ US 1.4 billion. The company's shares were removed from the NYSE.
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Mountain Pass was acquired out of bankruptcy in July 2017 with the goal of reviving America's rare-earth industry. MP Materials resumed mining and refining operations in January 2018.
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scheduled on September 23, 2010, the review of a detailed bill to subsidize the revival of the American rare-earths industry, including the reopening of the Mountain Pass mine.
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Olmez, Ilhan; Sholkovitz, Edward R.; Hermann, Diane; Eganhouse, Robert P. (1991). "Rare earth elements in sediments off Southern California: a new anthropogenic indicator".
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MP Materials is 51.8%-owned by US hedge funds JHL Capital Group (and its CEO James Litinsky) and QVT Financial LP, while Shenghe Resources Holding Co. Ltd., a partially
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The mine closed in 2002 after a toxic waste spill and wasn't reopened due to competition from Chinese suppliers, though processing of previously mined ore continued.
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grants to support both light rare-earth elements (LREEs) and heavy rare earth elements (HREEs). The facility plans to begin separating NdPr oxide in early 2023.
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essential to some high-tech, renewable-energy, and defense-related technologies, the world should not be so reliant on a single supplier country
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As of 2022, work is ongoing to restore processing capabilities for domestic light rare-earth elements (LREEs) and work has been funded by the
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Jaffe, Howard W. (1955). "Precambrian Monazite and Zircon from the Mountain Pass Rare-Earth District, San Bernardino County, California".
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In 1998, the mine's separation plant ceased production of refined rare-earth compounds; it continued to produce bastnäsite concentrate.
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used in color television screens. Between 1965 and 1995, the mine supplied most of the worldwide rare-earth metals consumption.
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to restore processing capabilities for heavy rare-earth metals (HREEs) to alleviate supply chain risk.
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state. However, the high temperature of the calcination gives less-reactive oxide, and the use of
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In the 1980s, the company began piping wastewater up to 14 miles to evaporation ponds on or near
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Kay, Robert W; Gast, Paul W (1973). "The Rare Earth Content and Origin of Alkali-Rich Basalts".
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The Mountain Pass mine dominated worldwide REE production from the 1960s to the 1980s (USGS).
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concentrate, which was the insoluble residue left after the calcined bastnäsite had been
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After China doubled import duties on rare-earth concentrates to 25% as a result of the
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mine to operate for another 30 years. The mine passed a key county inspection in 2007.
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and purify the other individual components of the ore. A further product includes a
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The lanthanides that dissolve as a result of the acid treatment are subjected to
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and heavier lanthanides. The calcination of bastnäsite drives off the
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Haxel, Gordon B.; Hedrick, James B.; Orris, Greta J. (May 17, 2005).
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In August 2015, it was reported that the mine was to be shut down.
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Production expanded greatly in the 1960s, to supply demand for
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Buildings and structures in San Bernardino County, California
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Satellite image of the Mountain Pass mine and vicinity (2011)
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to separate the bulk of the bastnäsite from the accompanying
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Rare earth elements – Critical resources for high technology
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mix, depleted of much of the cerium, and essentially all of
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Olson, J.C.; Shawe, D.R.; Pray, L.C.; Sharp, W.N. (1954).
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Rare earth minerals: chemistry, origin and ore deposits
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Mountain Pass mine, mill, shop & offices in 2010
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The Mountain Pass deposit is in a 1.4 billion-year-old
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Molybdenum Corporation of America changed its name to
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Mountain Pass mine: geoology, history & potential
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Mountain Pass Rare Earth Mine and Processing Facility
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Rare-earth element mine in California, United States
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Mountain Pass Mine

Mountain Pass Mine is located in California
California
35°28′43″N 115°31′57″W / 35.47861°N 115.53250°W / 35.47861; -115.53250
Rare-earth elements
MP Materials Corp.
Mountain Pass Mine
MP Materials
open-pit mine
rare-earth elements
Clark Mountain Range
Las Vegas, Nevada
United States Department of Defense
Precambrian
carbonatite
gneiss
bastnäsite
Gangue
calcite
barite
dolomite
cerium
lanthanum
neodymium
europium
Proven and Probable Reserves
bastnäsite
froth flotation
barite

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