The article compares MP Materials, a top domestic rare-earth producer, with Freeport-McMoRan, a major copper producer, as both benefit from data center and power grid build-outs. MP operates the Mountain Pass Mine, the only scaled rare-earth mining and processing site in the U.S., and has a Department of Defense price floor of $110/kilogram for NdPr plus a 10-year agreement guaranteeing at least $140 million of annual EBITDA for its second magnet campus. Freeport accounts for about 70% of U.S. refined copper production and is on pace to produce 3.1 billion pounds of copper this year, while S&P Global projects global copper demand could grow 50% by 2040. The author suggests Freeport suits investors seeking a more established business, while MP's binding DoD agreement and price floor offer earnings visibility and downside protection. Copper deficits are expected to persist through the end of the decade.
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