James H. Litinsky
Chairman and CEO, MP Materials · Founder, Chairman & CEO, MP Materials
aka Jim Litinsky, James Litinsky, James H. Litinsky
“access to NdPr oxide will remain the binding constraint for economically viable rare earth magnet production outside of China for at least the next five years.”
“The events in the Middle East have accelerated and magnified the perspective around drones and robotics being the future of warfare. It is very likely the future of warfare will involve millions, eventually billions, of robots and drones working in cohesion, which is a huge demand accelerant for rare earth magnetics.”
“having our existing refinery is really a significant advantage, at least for the foreseeable future — five-plus years — because any of the projects that we see around the world, if it is a non-China supply chain, is ultimately very likely to come into our refinery.”
“we are actively commissioning our Dy/Tb circuit and remain on track to begin shipping product from Mountain Pass to Independence later this year”
“In July, we entered into a long-term agreement to supply gadolinium oxide to a leading U.S. aerospace and defense manufacturer. This is expected to be a sizable nine-figure deal in total over multiple years that expands our heavy rare earth product portfolio at attractive returns.”
“Over the past several months, we have worked with U.S. and allied drone manufacturers to launch Project Swarm, an industrial coordination initiative designed to aggregate and standardize future magnet demand. We have already signed subscription agreements with a number of participants.”
“The next phase will be defined less by creating intelligence and more by deploying it into the physical economy, into machines that manufacture, move, build, transport, and defend. That transition has implications well beyond technology. Increasingly, governments recognize that the ability to build those machines and the supply chains that support them is itself a strategic capability. We believe that's a structural shift, not a cyclical one.”
James H. Litinsky
Chairman and CEO of mp-materials. Primary spokesperson on MP Materials' rare earth supply chain thesis and defense magnet positioning.
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On mp-materials, china-ree-controls-to-us-producer-stack:
"access to NdPr oxide will remain the binding constraint for economically viable rare earth magnet production outside of China for at least the next five years." — 2026-06-03-mp-materials-mp-q1-2026-earnings-call (2026-05-07)
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On mp-materials, iran-drone-warfare-to-mp-hree-premium:
"The events in the Middle East have accelerated and magnified the perspective around drones and robotics being the future of warfare. It is very likely the future of warfare will involve millions, eventually billions, of robots and drones working in cohesion, which is a huge demand accelerant for rare earth magnetics." — 2026-06-03-mp-materials-mp-q1-2026-earnings-call (2026-05-07)
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On mp-materials, china-ree-controls-to-us-producer-stack:
"having our existing refinery is really a significant advantage, at least for the foreseeable future — five-plus years — because any of the projects that we see around the world, if it is a non-China supply chain, is ultimately very likely to come into our refinery." — 2026-06-03-mp-materials-mp-q1-2026-earnings-call (2026-05-07)
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On drone-warfare-demand-to-mp-hree-rerate, china-ree-controls-to-us-producer-stack:
"we are actively commissioning our Dy/Tb circuit and remain on track to begin shipping product from Mountain Pass to Independence later this year" — 2026-08-06-earnings-mp-q2-fy2026 (2026-08-06)
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On drone-warfare-demand-to-mp-hree-rerate, us-critical-mineral-independence:
"In July, we entered into a long-term agreement to supply gadolinium oxide to a leading U.S. aerospace and defense manufacturer. This is expected to be a sizable nine-figure deal in total over multiple years that expands our heavy rare earth product portfolio at attractive returns." — 2026-08-06-earnings-mp-q2-fy2026 (2026-08-06)
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On drone-warfare-demand-to-mp-hree-rerate:
"Over the past several months, we have worked with U.S. and allied drone manufacturers to launch Project Swarm, an industrial coordination initiative designed to aggregate and standardize future magnet demand. We have already signed subscription agreements with a number of participants." — 2026-08-06-earnings-mp-q2-fy2026 (2026-08-06)
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On drone-warfare-demand-to-mp-hree-rerate, us-critical-mineral-independence:
"The next phase will be defined less by creating intelligence and more by deploying it into the physical economy, into machines that manufacture, move, build, transport, and defend. That transition has implications well beyond technology. Increasingly, governments recognize that the ability to build those machines and the supply chains that support them is itself a strategic capability. We believe that's a structural shift, not a cyclical one." — 2026-08-06-earnings-mp-q2-fy2026 (2026-08-06)