Molycorp, a Greenwood Village, Colorado-based miner of rare earth elements, has agreed to pay $1.3 billion to acquire Canada’s Neo Material Technologies, the companies announced on Thursday.

Molycorp owns the world’s largest rare earth deposit outside of China-the Mountain Pass mine in Southern California-while Neo Material processes rare earth elements to make magnetic powders used in components for fuel cells, glass, smartphones, and other electronic products.

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