current Status of Rare earth mining in the US.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_Pass_rare_earth_mine
Snip...”Affiliates of two U.S. investment fund advisors, JHL Capital Group LLC and QVT Financial LP and Shenghe Resources Holding Co., a Chinese minority shareholder, acquired Mountain Pass in July 2017 with the goal of reviving America’s rare earth industry.[10] The venture does business under the name MP Materials (www.mpmaterials.com).[11] MP Materials resumed mining and refining operations in January 2018.[12”...
There is also a private company in—I Think—Alabama that has some specialty mining product and whose mines have some REEs which are not their primary product. (Easier to mine specialty clays than get permitting for REEs.)
Hiccup!