Australian rare earths miner Lynas Corp.'s (ASX: LYC; US-OTC: LYSDY) shares jumped in late January after it announced a deal with the U.S. government to build a commercial light rare earths separation plant in Texas. The facility, expected to produce about 5,000 tonnes of rare earths a year, would help Washington's push to secure domestic supply of essential minerals used in magnets and motors that power phones, wind turbines, electric vehicles and military devices.
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