• General briefings to government officials on the status of Molycorp's vertically integrated rare earth manufacturing supply chain; production the Mountain Pass Rare Earth Facility; technology trends related to rare earth permanent magnetic materials; and the potential for rare earth materials to be used in clean energy, advanced transportation, energy efficiency, and other technologies. -- H.R. 1735, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, issues related to strategic materials such as rare earth elements. -- S. 1376, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, issues related to strategic materials such as rare earth elements. -- S. 720, Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2015, issues related to strategic materials and advanced, high-efficiency motors that utilize rare earth elements
• General briefings to government officials on the status of Molycorp's vertically integrated rare earth manufacturing supply chain; production increases the Mountain Pass Rare Earth Facility; technology trends related to rare earth permanent magnetic materials; and the potential for rare earth materials to be used in clean energy, advanced transportation, energy efficiency, and other technologies.
• General briefings to government officials on the status of Molycorp's vertically integrated rare earth manufacturing supply chain; production the Mountain Pass Rare Earth Facility; technology trends related to rare earth permanent magnetic materials; and the potential for rare earth materials to be used in clean energy, advanced transportation, energy efficiency, and other technologies. -- H.R. 1735, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, issues related to strategic materials such as rare earth elements. -- S. 1376, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, issues related to strategic materials such as rare earth elements.

Duration: February 1, 2011 to present

May Have Ended?

General Issues: Manufacturing, Environmental/Superfund, Defense, Energy/Nuclear, Science/Technology, Education, Natural Resources, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Foreign Relations, Budget/Appropriations, Automotive Industry, Clean Air & Water (Quality), Copyright/Patent/Trademark

Spending: about $1,727,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2011: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Defense - Dept of (DOD), Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Energy - Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), White House Office, Defense Logistics Agency, U.S. Senate,, Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Executive Office of the President (EOP),, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Air Force - Dept of, Army - Dept of (Other) , Navy - Dept of, State - Dept of (DOS), Interior - Dept of (DOI), Joint Chiefs of Staff, Government Accountability Office (GAO), State - Dept of (DOS),, Defense - Dept of (DOD),