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Mining equipment sits inside the pit at the Mountain Pass mine, operated by MP Materials, in Mountain Pass, California, U.S. America's top rare earths producer, MP Materials, is expanding its vertical integration of mining and magnets production in the U.S. after years of shipping its output to China because there was no refining capacity available to handle its production. Photographer: Joe Buglewicz/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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Success

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Law

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AI

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Success

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Economy

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Happy American couple in Italy
Success

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United Airlines makes the first direct flight from U.S. to Greenland since 2008—and it lands on Trump’s birthday
Politics

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Conferences

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Economy

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