5 Rare Earth Stocks To Buy In 2026 [Forbes]
MP Materials Corp. (MP)
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Source: Forbes
While the U.S. is heavily funding domestic mining and processing to secure critical supply chains for EVs, defense, and tech, China's export controls create a strategic choke point. This article examines five rare-earth stocks poised to capitalize on this dynamic in 2026. TABLE OF CONTENTS Chromite mining in Logar Province, Afghanistan. Los Angeles Times via Getty Images The rare earth sector has surged, with stocks rallying on heightened geopolitical tensions and aggressive U.S. policy shifts at the start of 2026. China's dominant position in rare earth processing and refining has sparked a strategic scramble in Washington, with the Trump administration flagging these critical minerals as essential to national security. While rare earth mining involves extracting raw ore from the ground, the far more complex and strategically vital step is processing and refining, where China controls the vast majority of global capacity. Federal funding is flooding into domestic mining a
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- U.S. Takes 15% Stake In MP Materials As Policy Ties Deepen [Yahoo! Finance]Yahoo! Finance
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