• Approximately $1.2 billion investment expected to create about 490 high-skill, high-wage manufacturing jobs in South Carolina’s Upstate
  • Blacksburg facility will serve as a cornerstone of USA Rare Earth’s domestic magnet manufacturing footprint and advance the Company’s integrated mine-to-magnet value chain
  • Investment strengthens U.S. capacity to produce critical rare earth metals and magnets for defense, aerospace, semiconductors, energy and other advanced industries



     

BLACKSBURG, S.C., Sept. 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- USA Rare Earth, Inc. (NASDAQ:USAR) ("USA Rare Earth," "USAR" or the "Company"), a rare earth, critical minerals and advanced materials company, today broke ground on its new rare earth metal and magnet manufacturing facility in Blacksburg, South Carolina, marking a major step in the Company’s effort to build a secure, integrated rare earth supply chain for the United States and its allies.

Located on a 124-acre site in Bailey Industrial Park in Cherokee County, the approximately 800,000-square-foot facility represents an approximately $1.2 billion investment and is expected to create roughly 490 high-skill, high-wage manufacturing jobs in South Carolina’s Upstate. Once online, the facility is targeting production capacity of 6,400 metric tons per annum (tpa) of sintered neodymium-iron-boron (NdFeB) permanent magnets and 5,000 tpa of strip-cast metal and alloy, with commissioning targeted to begin in 2028.