Electrify a Sustainable Future
Rare earths enable the most efficiency conversion of energy and motion.
Sustainability at scale
At MP Materials, we are fiercely committed to advancing responsible mining and manufacturing processes and minimizing our environmental impact. We take great care to conserve biodiversity, recycle water, and minimize our emissions. We are proud to lead by example throughout the rare earth magnetics industry.
Download sustainability reportA strategic approach to sustainability
MP Materials has an unwavering belief in our responsibility to operate efficiently and sustainably for the benefit of our partners and the planet. As our materials and magnetics businesses evolve, so will our sustainability efforts, which are underpinned by three core pillars.
SPUR Environmental Stewardship
MP is committed to responsible environmental practices and thoughtful stewardship of resources.
Empower People and Entrepreneurship
We take pride in ensuring the wellbeing of our employees and fostering a culture of joint ownership.
Aligning to trusted frameworks
MP Materials’ sustainability pillars, programs, and efforts have been carefully evaluated to industry-standard and responsible mining frameworks, including those by the United Nations and the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board, among others. These standards address key sustainability challenges such as resource consumption and stewardship, climate change risk, compliance, and biodiversity and offer measurable frameworks for achieving a more sustainable future.
Co-located mining and refining
Mountain Pass is an integrated site with co-located mining, beneficiation, and processing operations. This integration, combined with our high grade ore body, helps reduce GHG emissions associated with the mining and processing of ore as well as the packaging and transportation.
Dry Stack Tailings
Mountain Pass employs a dry stack tailings process—the only of its kind globally—that exemplifies our commitment to closed-loop strategies. This process conserves water and virtually eliminates groundwater contamination risk.
Water stewardship
We source all potable and process water from our own wells. Consequently, we are mindful of “water balance” in all our activities and minimizing water use is our primary objective.
Closed-loop water recycling
Mountain Pass is a net-zero-discharge site, ensuring that no process water returns to the ground or is discharged off-site to a public utility or waterway. Approximately 95% of the water demand for beneficiation and tailings management is met through recycling.
Integrated magnet recycling
We are implementing a comprehensive strategy to develop commercial-scale recycling capabilities across our operations with the goal of establishing MP as a global leader in the recycling of rare earth materials and magnets.
Continued work, continued commitment
Our approach to sustainability is one that we live and work on every day. From weekly water and emissions reports to continued investment in innovative recycling techniques, MP Materials is committed to strengthening our sustainability efforts.
Recognition
Our sustainability performance has been
recognized with a Bronze Medal from EcoVadis. We also completed an IRMA self-assessment and are seeking third-party verification of our results.
Continued investment
As our operations grow, we are committed to building upon our sustainability efforts and upholding the trust placed in us by our stakeholders through unwavering dedication to truth, transparency, and the highest ethical and moral standards.