This rare earth stock is seeing a rare pause in climbing higher today.

It's time for the latest edition of which mining company will the Trump administration partner with next. In today's episode, it seems less likely that rare earth stock USA Rare Earth ( USAR -2.93% ) will be one of the upcoming winners -- much to the chagrin of investors, as the Trump administration seems more interested in signing another metals stock to its dance card.

As of 12:30 p.m. ET, shares of USA Rare Earth are down 1.3%, recovering a bit from their earlier slide of 12.8%.

It's not only rare earths on the White House's radar

Australian company Nova Minerals ( NVA 110.30% ) announced today that it has been asked to provide a report on its Estelle Gold and Critical Metals Project, a mineral

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