Chamath argues MP Materials and similar US rare-earth producers are strategically essential and that government-backed take-or-pay agreements and strategic reserves are the necessary structure to protect them from Chinese price dumping, making the investment viable.
MP has a deal with General Motors, one of my businesses that makes LFP cathode, same deal with GM. You do what's called a take or pay, which means that General Motors steps up and says, great, I will buy X amount of volume from you at Y”28:10