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NdPr oxide

Separated neodymium-praseodymium oxide, the main feedstock for NdFeB magnet alloy.

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Why supply is constrained

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Separated NdPr outside China comes mainly from Lynas (Malaysia), MP Materials (Mountain Pass) and smaller producers such as Energy Fuels and Neo's Silmet plant. China held 91% of refined magnet rare-earth output in 2024. In 2025 the DoD set a 10-year $110/kg NdPr price floor for MP Materials to make non-Chinese supply viable.

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NdPr oxide

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Supplier to customer relationships
SupplierCustomerForNotesConf.
Energy FuelsVulcan Elements—MOU; initial validation quantities of light and heavy separated oxides.Confirmed
Lynas Rare EarthsU.S. Department of Defense—Letter of intent; about $96M over four years for light and heavy rare-earth oxides.Reported
MP MaterialsDefense Logistics Agency——Confirmed
MP MaterialsU.S. Department of Defense—10-year NdPr price floor of $110/kg.Confirmed

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  1. 1
    ResearchGlobal Critical Minerals Outlook 2025

    International Energy Agency · May 21, 2025 · Supports Input, Input · input dependency:rare-earth-separation

    “as it single-handedly represented 91% of the refined output.”

Supply chain8

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    NewsLynas Rare Earths posts record FY26 profit and revenue as growth ramps up

    The Motley Fool Australia · Aug 26, 2026 · Supports Organization input

    “ready-for-sale rare earth oxide (REO) output up 25% to 13,089 tonnes and neodymium-praseodymium (NdPr) production up 11% to 7,260 tonnes”
  2. 3
    CompanyCommercial-Scale 'Heavy' Rare Earth Plant Now Under Construction in Utah

    Energy Fuels · Jul 29, 2026 · Supports Organization input

    “The Mill has the current commercial capacity to produce up to 1,000 tonnes per annum (tpa) of separated NdPr oxide.”
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    NewsLynas one step closer to supplying rare earths to US War Department

    Mining Weekly · Mar 16, 2026 · Supports Supply relationship

    “about $96-million allocated by the US government for the purchase of light and heavy rare earth oxide products from Lynas over a four-year period.”
  4. 5
    Regulatory filingMP Materials Corp. Form 10-K for fiscal year 2025

    MP Materials Corp. (SEC) · Feb 26, 2026 · Supports Organization input

    “approximately 20,000 MTs of separated REO per year, which includes approximately 6,075 MTs of NdPr oxide per year”
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    CompanyEnergy Fuels and Vulcan Elements Join Forces to Advance U.S. Rare Earth Magnet Security

    Energy Fuels · Aug 26, 2025 · Supports Supply relationship

    “Energy Fuels has agreed to supply initial quantities of high-purity "light" and "heavy" separated rare earth oxides to Vulcan in Q4 of 2025.”
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    Regulatory filingMP Materials Announces Transformational Public-Private Partnership with the Department of Defense (8-K Ex. 99.1)

    MP Materials Corp. (SEC) · Jul 10, 2025 · Supports Input, Supply relationship

    “DoD has entered into a 10-year agreement establishing a price floor commitment of $110 per kilogram for MP Materials' NdPr products stockpiled or sold”
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    CompanyLynas Rare Earths

    Lynas Rare Earths · Supports Organization input

    “our 100-hectare advanced materials plant in Gebeng, Malaysia”
  8. 9
    Government recordAward SP800024C0007

    USAspending.gov · Supports Supply relationship

    “Award Amount: 10,986,002.70; Awarding Sub Agency: Defense Logistics Agency; Description: NEODYMIUM OXIDE (ND2O3) AND PRASEODYMIUM OXIDE (PR6O11)”

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