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https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-...-mineral-price-floors-sources-say-2026-01-28/
Exclusive: US moves away from critical mineral price floors, sources say
Jan 28 (Reuters) - The Trump administration is stepping back from plans to guarantee a minimum price for U.S. critical minerals projects, a tacit acknowledgment of a lack of congressional funding and the complexity of setting market pricing, multiple sources told Reuters.
The shift, which comes as a U.S. Senate committee is reviewing a price floor extended last year to MP Materials (MP.N), opens new tab, marks a reversal from commitments made to industry and could set Washington apart from G7 partners, opens new tab discussing some form of joint price support or related measures to bolster production of critical minerals used in electric vehicles, semiconductors, defense systems and consumer electronics.
At a closed-door meeting earlier this month hosted by a Washington think tank, two senior Trump officials told U.S. minerals executives that their projects would need to prove their financial independence without government price support, three attendees told Reuters.
"We're not here to prop you guys up," Audrey Robertson, assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy and head of its Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation, told the executives. "Don't come to us expecting that."
The shift would guide future deals and does not affect MP's price floor, which the government agreed to as part of an investment package last July.
Robertson was joined by Joshua Kroon, the deputy assistant secretary for textiles, consumer goods, materials, critical minerals and metals at the U.S. Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration.
Both Kroon and Robertson told the meeting that Washington is no longer in a position to offer price floors, according to the sources.
Kroon and Robertson did not respond to requests for comment.
The administration's current stance is in contrast to a closed-door meeting held last July, where two separate officials told minerals executives that a floor price extended to MP Materials days prior was "not a one-off" and that the administration was working on price supports for other projects.
Since then, the administration has taken equity positions in Lithium Americas, opens new tab(LAC.TO), opens new tab, Trilogy Metals (TMQ.TO), opens new tab, USA Rare Earth (USAR.O), opens new tab and others. None were offered price floors, sparking questions about the government's commitment to that financial tool.