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",{"type":580,"attrs":718,"content":719},{"textAlign":49},[720],{"text":721,"type":585},"“We could have all the rare earths in the world in the US but if we haven’t found the capability to go downstream in some efficient … capacity, we haven’t solved any problem. It doesn’t do us any good if everything we make is going to a single point of failure in China,” he said.",{"type":686,"attrs":723,"content":724},{"level":688,"textAlign":49},[725],{"text":726,"type":585},"Low prices",{"type":580,"attrs":728,"content":729},{"textAlign":49},[730],{"text":731,"type":585},"Litinsky said MP Materials’ financial security and competitiveness rests on its Mountain Pass mine, which it acquired in 2017 after its previous owner went bankrupt. ",{"type":580,"attrs":733,"content":734},{"textAlign":49},[735],{"text":736,"type":585},"“I had the benefit of getting somebody else’s $2 billion mistake. 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