On June 25, MP Materials fell 5.12% in regular trading, trading at $56.0/share, with turnover of $228 million.

On the news front, China's Ministry of Commerce published a notice on June 22 adding MP Materials and nine other US entities to its export control list, prohibiting the export of dual-use items to these companies, effective immediately. As the largest rare earth materials producer in the Western Hemisphere, MP Materials currently operates a business model that involves selling rare earth concentrate produced at its Mountain Pass mine to Chinese refiners for separation and processing. Being placed on the control list directly threatens this supply chain arrangement and raises concerns over the company's ability to maintain its core processing partnerships.

Within the Diversified Metals and Mining sector, overall performance was broadly weak. Among individual stocks, USA Rare Earth down 7.38%, HudBay Minerals down 10.86%, Teck Resources down 4.23%, BHP Billiton down 2.52%, and Rio Tinto down 1.97%.

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