Wyoming Projects In Bulls-Eye Of America’s Urgent Push For Rare Earths

As summer 2025 winds down, Wyoming finds itself at the center of America's push to break China's grip on rare earth element production.

Three separate rare earth projects are now underway across the state, representing the most concentrated domestic development effort in decades.

"The state of Wyoming is at the forefront of this kind of developing area of mining," said Joe Evers, president of Wyoming Rare USA, the subsidiary advancing American Rare Earths' Halleck Creek project. "But it's something that's important for the nation."

American Rare Earths' Cowboy State Mine offers a case study of what these companies face — transforming Wyoming dirt into materials that power everything from fighter jets to wind turbines.

As Secretary of Energy Chris Wright said during his swing through Wy