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Digging Into The Rare Earths And EVs Rush With Don Lay
1 hour 23 minutes Posted Feb 3, 2021 at 9:00 am.
minute mark Background on Don as well as MP and rare earths boom
The Senkaku Islands incident
Processing the rare earth minerals and the market power there
Where China’s competitive edge comes from and Lynas's role in the industry
The challenges of developing a greenfield rare earths project
Demand for rare earths
The end of the internal combustion engine
Explaining MP Materials’ revival
Where is the market power in rare earths
How the rare earths market might evolve
Where electric and hybrid vehicle demand goes and what it means
How the EV frenzy affect operations for rare earth miners
How this compares to past bubbles
Tesla's position
Background on Medallion
The environmental costs
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The 2020-21 bull market has seen many familiar themes recycled amidst a very liquid public market environment. The rare earths market, and its flag bearer Molycorp, may not have been the most obvious boom to re-emerge, but here we are. Molycorp's descendant, MP Materials, came public via a SPAC last year and is trading at a higher valuation than the legacy company ever did.
To break down the recent moves and what it means, we speak with Don Lay, VP of Corporate Development at Medallion  Resources, a rare earths technology company based in Canada. Don was previously CEO of the company and has a lot of firsthand experience to share. We go through the ins and outs of this story, including China’s market position, the import of electrification in cars, and how MP Materials is back on the scene.
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