Mining Incidents

MP Materials Corporation controller

MSHA controller ID: 0159521

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
70
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2020–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2021
183
citations
27
significant & substantial
$136,521
proposed penalties
$120,753
paid to date
88% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $15,768 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2021
70
inspections on record
1,749
inspection hours
10.5
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
183 citations across 1,749 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$137K
proposed penalties
$137K
current assessed
$121K
paid to date
$16K
outstanding
176 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-01-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2026
16
2025
15
2024
13
2023
12
2022
3
2021
8
2020
3

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

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