Apple, MP Materials agreement is ‘major win’ for Trump admin: senior White House official

Exclusive: Apple is expected to announce a $ 500 million commitment to MP materials – the only rare ground mine currently operating in the United States, according to multiple sources familiar with the deal.

The agreement includes Apple plans to buy rare American -made Earth magnets from the Texas MATERIALS facility, which represents a “big victory” of the Trump administration, according to those familiar with the deal.

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The Trump administration has rarely and strengthening local supply chains two of the most important priorities of national security.

The Apple Agreement with MATERIALS is also expected to include building a new recycling facility in Mountain Pass, California, which will re -process materials from electronics used to use in future Apple products.

The sources told Fox News Digital that Apple and MP materials will also build another factory in Fort Worth, Texas, to produce magnets that will be used in Apple products and other electronics around the world.

“This is a great victory for the president, who has insight to make this issue a priority,” a White House official told Fox News Digital.

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“Apple deserves a lot of credit for escalating,” the official continued. “It is good for the country, useful for American workers, and it will prove that it’s also good.”

“Other companies should notice,” added the senior White House official.

The agreement comes days after the Ministry of Defense announced that it also gets a $ 400 million share in MP materials.

MP MATERIALS Rare Earth Open-Pit Mine in Mountain Pass, California, January 30, 2020. (Steve Marcos / Reuters / Reuters)

The company described the government’s investment as a “partnership between the public and private sectors”, and said that the investment launched efforts “to accelerate the construction of a rare land magnet supplies from the end to the end and reduce foreign dependency.”

Currently, China produces approximately 60 % of the world’s critical metal supplies, and treats up to 90 %.

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The deal also comes after President Donald Trump reached an agreement with Chinese President Xi Jinping to resume critical metal trade after shipments stopped earlier in 2025 after a large number of definitions against China and other countries in the White House.

In March, Trump signed an executive order to increase US metal production. The president said it is “necessary” for American national security to take the country “immediate measures to facilitate local mineral production to the maximum extent possible.”