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MP Materials Corp
(NYSE:MP) 

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MP Materials Corp. engages in the ownership and operation of integrated rare earth mining and processing facilities. It owns and operates the Mountain Pass facility located in the Western Hemisphere. The company holds the mineral rights to the Mountain Pass mine and surrounding areas, as well as int...

Founded: 2017
Full Time Employees: 280
CEO: James H. Litinsky  
Sector: Basic Materials
Industry: Other Industrial Metals & Mining

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    Unit: USD2025-12-31 2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 2020-06-30 
                           
      revenue
    52,685,000 53,553,000 57,393,000 60,810,000                    
      yoy
                           
      qoq
    -1.62% -6.69% -5.62%                     
      operating expenses and income:
                           
      cost of sales
    45,050,000 48,477,000 50,431,000 48,831,000 58,263,000 57,266,000 41,463,000 35,594,000 23,577,000 22,217,000 22,704,000 24,216,000 24,536,000 22,417,000 22,092,000 23,173,000 18,455,000 21,907,000 17,955,000 17,936,000    
      selling, general and administrative
    32,066,000 28,405,000 27,429,000 24,166,000 19,073,000 21,525,000 21,434,000 21,267,000 21,416,000 19,561,000 18,865,000 19,403,000 19,449,000 17,604,000 18,222,000 20,565,000        
      depreciation, depletion and amortization
    24,609,000 22,497,000 20,777,000 21,384,000 22,118,000 19,344,000 18,210,000 18,385,000 18,633,000 16,751,000 12,203,000 8,122,000 5,593,000 2,096,000 5,407,000 5,260,000 4,615,000 6,951,000 6,666,000 6,150,000    
      start-up costs
    1,136,000 1,413,000 761,000 976,000 1,397,000 1,627,000 1,373,000 1,287,000                
      advanced projects and development
    2,212,000 19,026,000 2,496,000 474,000 1,164,000 2,051,000 1,886,000 4,206,000                
      other operating costs and expenses (income)
    -26,000 758,000 -619,000 -243,000                    
      total operating expenses
    79,359,750 120,576,000                      
      operating income
    -3,691,000 -67,023,000 -43,882,000 -34,778,000 -43,962,000 -39,540,000 -53,492,000 -32,432,000 -33,628,000 -17,536,000 483,000 32,962,000 37,466,000 79,167,000 95,754,000 115,024,000 57,078,000 54,093,000 32,465,000 21,709,000    
      yoy
    -91.60% 69.51% -17.97% 7.23% 30.73% 125.48% -11174.95% -198.39% -189.76% -122.15% -99.50% -71.34% -34.36% 46.35% 194.95% 429.84%        
      qoq
    -94.49% 52.73% 26.18% -20.89% 11.18% -26.08% 64.94% -3.56% 91.77% -3730.64% -98.53% -12.02% -52.67% -17.32% -16.75% 101.52% 5.52% 66.62% 49.55%     
      operating margin %
    -7.01% -125.15% -76.46% -57.19% -Infinity% -Infinity% -Infinity% -Infinity% -Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% NaN% NaN% NaN% 
      interest expense
    -9,886,000 -8,566,000 -5,414,000 -7,615,000 -6,762,000 -6,646,000 -6,745,000 -2,857,000 -1,107,000 -1,396,000 -1,392,000 -1,359,000 -1,331,000 -1,224,000 -1,326,000 -1,905,000 -2,487,000 -2,624,000 -2,639,000 -1,154,000    
      gain on early extinguishment of debt
        6,646,000   46,265,000                
      other income
    24,134,000 17,157,000 6,572,000 15,218,000 10,117,000 11,320,000 12,084,000 12,657,000 14,078,000 14,456,000 13,821,000 13,693,000 10,953,000 6,168,000 2,212,000 194,000 98,000 97,000 3,504,000 55,000    
      income before income taxes
    10,557,000 -58,432,000 -42,724,000 -27,175,000 -33,961,000 -34,866,000 -48,153,000 23,633,000 -20,657,000 -4,476,000 12,912,000 45,296,000 47,088,000 84,111,000 96,640,000 113,313,000 54,689,000 51,566,000 33,330,000 20,610,000    
      income tax benefit
    -1,131,000 16,652,000 11,852,000 4,527,000 11,619,000 9,350,000 14,098,000  -3,291,500 200,000       -5,700,000 -8,803,000      
      net income
    9,426,000 -41,780,000 -30,872,000 -22,648,000 -22,342,000 -25,516,000 -34,055,000 16,489,000 -16,259,000 -4,276,000 7,395,000 37,447,000 67,007,000 63,177,000 73,269,000 85,551,000 48,989,000 42,763,000 27,166,000 16,119,000  -3,067,033 -316,341 
      yoy
    -142.19% 63.74% -9.35% -237.35% 37.41% 496.73% -560.51% -55.97% -124.26% -106.77% -89.91% -56.23% 36.78% 47.74% 169.71% 430.75%  -1494.28% -8687.57%     
      qoq
    -122.56% 35.33% 36.31% 1.37% -12.44% -25.07% -306.53% -201.41% 280.24% -157.82% -80.25% -44.11% 6.06% -13.77% -14.36% 74.63% 14.56% 57.41% 68.53%   869.53%  
      net income margin %
    17.89% -78.02% -53.79% -37.24% -Infinity% -Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% NaN% -Infinity% -Infinity% 
      loss per common share:
                           
      basic
    -142.5 -240                      
      diluted
    -142.5 -240                      
      weighted-average shares outstanding:
                           
      basic
    170,126,753,000 175,034,287,000 163,834,693 163,764,345 166,840,611 164,149,348 165,344,511 174,556,850 177,181,661 177,231,717 176,984,917 176,881,723 176,519,203 176,543,624 176,527,570 176,355,566 173,469,546 176,053,586 172,677,923 168,922,566    
      diluted
    170,126,753,000 175,034,287,000 163,834,693 163,764,345 169,882,640 164,149,348 165,344,511 186,791,826 178,152,212 177,231,717 177,859,118 193,613,539 193,453,087 193,409,857 193,414,563 193,490,330 189,844,028 193,215,313 193,145,644 179,319,489    
      operating costs and expenses:
                           
      total operating costs and expenses
      101,275,000 95,588,000 104,948,000 102,467,000 84,750,000 81,116,000 74,833,000 70,052,000 63,541,000 62,738,000 55,779,000 45,278,000 47,808,000 51,234,000 42,031,000 45,661,000 40,653,000 38,262,000    
      loss per share:
                           
      basic
      -0.19                     
      diluted
      -0.19                     
      earnings per share:
                           
      basic
       -0.14 -0.13 -0.16 -0.21 0.09 -0.09 -0.02 0.04 0.21 0.38 0.36 0.42 0.49    0.1    
      diluted
       -0.14 -0.13 -0.16 -0.21 -0.08 -0.08 -0.02 0.04 0.2 0.36 0.33 0.38 0.45    0.09    
      revenue:
                           
      rare earth concentrate
        26,888,750 43,053,000 24,426,000 40,076,000 40,329,000 52,472,000              
      ndpr oxide and metal
        8,509,250 19,179,000 6,531,000 8,327,000                
      other revenue
        319,250 695,000                  
      total revenue
        35,717,250 62,927,000 31,258,000 48,684,000 41,205,000 52,516,000 64,024,000 95,700,000 93,245,000 124,445,000 143,562,000 166,258,000 99,109,000 99,754,000      
      other operating costs and expenses
        2,933,000 654,000 384,000 377,000                
      other rare earth products
          301,000 281,000 181,000 44,000              
      income tax expense
           -7,144,000   -5,517,000 -7,849,000 -18,016,750 -20,934,000 -23,371,000 -27,762,000   -6,164,000 -4,491,000    
      advanced projects, start-up, development and other
            6,427,750 10,209,000 7,222,000 8,280,000            
      accretion of asset retirement and environmental obligations
            170,250 227,000 227,000 227,000 222,000 418,000 419,000 418,000 595,000 595,000 592,000 593,000    
      loss on disposals of long-lived assets
            1,474,250 1,087,000              
      product sales
              64,001,000 95,666,000 92,098,000 124,231,000 139,183,000 161,755,000 97,721,000 98,581,000 73,118,000 59,971,000    
      other sales
              23,000 34,000 1,147,000 214,000 4,379,000 4,503,000 1,388,000 1,173,000      
      loss on sale or disposal of long-lived assets
              2,320,000 2,490,000            
      advanced projects, development and other
                1,557,250 2,743,000 1,668,000 1,818,000 2,137,000 1,327,000      
      write-down of inventories
                      1,809,000     
      general and administrative
                    16,229,000 14,881,000 13,631,000 13,583,000    
      royalty expense to snr
                           
      settlement charge
                           
      net income per share
                           
      basic
                    0.28 0.24 0.16     
      diluted
                    0.26 0.23 0.15     
      general and administrative expenses
                         3,048,747 266,402 
      franchise tax expense
                         50,232 86,814 
      income from operations
                         -3,098,979 -353,216 
      interest income
                         31,946 36,875 
      weighted-average shares outstanding - class a common stock
                         34,500,000 34,500,000 
      basic and diluted net loss per share, class a
                           
      weighted-average shares outstanding - class f common stock
                         8,625,000 8,625,000 
      basic and diluted net loss per share, class f
                         -0.36 -0.04 
                           
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        assets
                           
        current assets
                           
        cash and cash equivalents
      1,166,011,000 1,147,155,000 261,535,000 198,343,000 282,442,000 284,434,000 295,604,000 296,468,000 263,351,000 547,668,000 927,245,000 651,215,000 136,627,000 427,969,000 664,457,000 1,233,300,000 1,179,297,000 1,179,371,000 1,196,875,000 1,181,515,000 519,652,000 
        short-term investments
      664,275,000 793,217,000 492,122,000 560,814,000 568,426,000 582,056,000 641,398,000 650,299,000 734,493,000 536,994,000 200,828,000 517,831,000 1,045,718,000 836,288,000 599,666,000       
        total cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments
      1,830,286,000 1,940,372,000 753,657,000 759,157,000 850,868,000 866,490,000 937,002,000 946,767,000 997,844,000 1,084,662,000 1,128,073,000 1,169,046,000 1,182,345,000 1,264,257,000 1,264,123,000       
        trade accounts receivable, net of allowance for credit losses of 0 and 0, respectively
      14,642,000                     
        income taxes receivable
      1,004,000 23,805,000 23,805,000 23,805,000 23,672,000     4,128,000 4,127,000 1,727,000 2,201,000 3,857,000 4,271,000       
        other receivables
      131,038,000                     
        inventories
      171,560,000 144,366,000 128,048,000 133,084,000 107,905,000 116,699,000 115,384,000 108,509,000 95,182,000 77,179,000 67,783,000 61,804,000 57,554,000 61,645,000 42,244,000 39,619,000 38,692,000 34,126,000 35,501,000 35,098,000 32,272,000 
        prepaid expenses and other current assets
      17,271,000 15,160,000 13,791,000 17,903,000 10,204,000 11,599,000 10,419,000 10,021,000 8,820,000 9,162,000 12,788,000 13,566,000 18,872,000 11,004,000 5,486,000 6,447,000 7,809,000 4,954,000 5,558,000 8,583,000 5,534,000 
        total current assets
      2,165,801,000 2,174,351,000 960,395,000 1,022,873,000 1,031,322,000 1,017,183,000 1,090,635,000 1,106,199,000 1,131,177,000 1,188,311,000 1,223,877,000 1,267,388,000 1,293,828,000 1,356,781,000 1,348,872,000 1,316,474,000 1,276,807,000 1,255,546,000 1,246,112,000 1,239,121,000 561,047,000 
        non-current assets
                           
        property, plant and equipment
      1,369,817,000 1,306,159,000 1,290,090,000 1,278,830,000 1,251,496,000 1,230,517,000 1,217,073,000 1,196,486,000 1,158,054,000 1,097,727,000 1,044,839,000 1,002,240,000 935,743,000 830,033,000 749,848,000 668,488,000 610,612,000 582,838,000 560,616,000 532,504,000 501,974,000 
        price protection agreement upfront asset
      209,668,000 221,102,000                    
        other non-current assets
      38,335,000 33,923,000 24,567,000 29,383,000 15,659,000 6,825,000 12,537,000 8,889,000 5,252,000 4,070,000 3,186,000 4,630,000 2,472,000 2,348,000 2,519,000 2,249,000 973,000 1,099,000 1,226,000 812,000 1,139,000 
        total non-current assets
      1,698,359,000 1,623,963,000 1,375,792,000 1,345,251,000 1,302,236,000 1,283,103,000 1,273,691,000 1,247,840,000 1,205,275,000 1,133,911,000 1,065,568,000 1,013,714,000 943,959,000 832,381,000 752,367,000 670,737,000 612,859,000 593,908,000 571,844,000 543,405,000 513,241,000 
        total assets
      3,864,160,000 3,798,314,000 2,336,187,000 2,368,124,000 2,333,558,000 2,300,286,000 2,364,326,000 2,354,039,000 2,336,452,000 2,322,222,000 2,289,445,000 2,281,102,000 2,237,787,000 2,189,162,000 2,101,239,000 1,987,211,000 1,889,666,000 1,849,454,000 1,817,956,000 1,782,526,000 1,074,288,000 
        liabilities, redeemable preferred stock and stockholders’ equity
                           
        current liabilities
                           
        accounts and construction payable
      36,655,000 25,382,000 21,726,000 20,867,000 23,562,000 21,711,000 19,755,000 26,139,000 27,995,000             
        accrued liabilities
      95,086,000 77,977,000 74,447,000 69,141,000 64,727,000 66,224,000 74,943,000 73,987,000 73,939,000             
        current portion of long-term debt
      67,411,000 67,522,000 67,434,000 67,346,000                  
        deferred revenue
      74,301,000 82,241,000 79,894,000 75,335,000 56,880,000 50,000,000 50,000,000               
        other current liabilities
      25,596,000 17,055,000 23,366,000 15,518,000 18,850,000 8,854,000 13,380,000 7,420,000 6,616,000 4,188,000 3,803,000 4,139,000 4,053,000 4,504,000 4,050,000 4,675,000 4,010,000 3,637,000 6,505,000 3,580,000 2,163,000 
        total current liabilities
      299,049,000 270,177,000 266,867,000 248,207,000 164,019,000 146,789,000 158,078,000 107,546,000 108,550,000 97,012,000 75,773,000 93,874,000 97,481,000 74,746,000 66,147,000 51,575,000 59,543,000 70,767,000 90,287,000 72,921,000 43,061,000 
        non-current liabilities
                           
        long-term debt
      931,330,000 929,745,000 843,369,000 842,415,000 908,729,000 937,634,000 936,610,000 935,585,000 681,980,000 681,094,000 680,210,000 679,326,000 678,444,000 677,563,000 676,683,000 675,804,000 674,927,000 674,050,000 673,174,000 672,582,000 961,000 
        deferred government grant
      22,101,000 22,069,000 22,029,000 22,029,000 20,087,000 19,836,000 18,762,000 18,349,000 17,433,000             
        deferred investment tax credit
      26,860,000 21,382,000 26,428,000 25,178,000 25,502,000                 
        deferred income taxes
      51,558,000 55,863,000 67,309,000 80,695,000 85,309,000 98,541,000 107,702,000 121,877,000 130,793,000 135,435,000 135,592,000 129,711,000 122,353,000 167,028,000 146,606,000 127,979,000 104,500,000 98,444,000 95,578,000 91,635,000 87,473,000 
        other non-current liabilities
      57,005,000 58,163,000 48,565,000 37,625,000 26,114,000 4,568,000 5,504,000 4,247,000 3,025,000 3,578,000 3,921,000 4,464,000 5,000,000 5,691,000 6,315,000 7,003,000 7,197,000 7,918,000 8,553,000 9,273,000 1,628,000 
        total non-current liabilities
      1,172,743,000 1,149,717,000 1,058,770,000 1,083,806,000 1,114,659,000 1,088,957,000 1,097,210,000 1,108,739,000 862,123,000 849,137,000 848,741,000 835,423,000 827,672,000 872,110,000 864,355,000 845,268,000 821,391,000 824,492,000 821,044,000 834,448,000 177,350,000 
        total liabilities
      1,471,792,000 1,419,894,000 1,325,637,000 1,332,013,000 1,278,678,000 1,235,746,000 1,255,288,000 1,216,285,000 970,673,000 946,149,000 924,514,000 929,297,000 925,153,000 946,856,000 930,502,000 896,843,000 880,934,000 895,259,000 911,331,000 907,369,000 220,411,000 
        commitments and contingencies
                           
        redeemable preferred stock:
                           
        series a cumulative perpetual convertible preferred stock
      413,611,000 413,611,000                    
        stockholders’ equity:
                           
        preferred stock, undesignated
                           
        common stock
      19,000 19,000 18,000 18,000 18,000 18,000 18,000 18,000 17,000 17,000 17,000 17,000 18,000 18,000 18,000 18,000 18,000 18,000 18,000 17,000 17,000 
        additional paid-in capital
      1,970,970,000 1,966,537,000 970,823,000 965,487,000 961,434,000 948,687,000 943,508,000 938,209,000 979,891,000 974,103,000 958,819,000 952,791,000 951,008,000 947,973,000 939,900,000 932,384,000 936,299,000 930,751,000 925,944,000 921,643,000 916,482,000 
        retained earnings
      234,428,000 225,002,000 266,782,000 297,654,000 320,302,000 342,644,000 368,160,000 402,215,000 385,726,000 401,985,000 406,261,000 398,866,000 361,419,000 294,412,000 231,235,000 157,966,000 72,415,000 23,426,000    
        accumulated other comprehensive income
      387,000 298,000 -26,000 -1,000 173,000 296,000 -90,000 -130,000 145,000 -32,000 -166,000 131,000 189,000         
        treasury stock
      -227,047,000 -227,047,000 -227,047,000 -227,047,000 -227,047,000 -227,105,000 -202,558,000 -202,558,000              
        total stockholders’ equity
      1,978,757,000 1,964,809,000 1,010,550,000 1,036,111,000 1,054,880,000 1,064,540,000 1,109,038,000 1,137,754,000 1,365,779,000 1,376,073,000 1,364,931,000 1,351,805,000 1,312,634,000 1,242,306,000 1,170,737,000 1,090,368,000 1,008,732,000 954,195,000 906,625,000 875,157,000 853,877,000 
        total liabilities, redeemable preferred stock and stockholders’ equity
      3,864,160,000 3,798,314,000                    
        accounts receivable
       14,792,000 21,821,000 69,719,000 18,874,000 14,549,000 8,459,000 21,600,000 10,029,000    32,856,000         
        government grant receivable
       35,856,000 19,273,000 19,205,000 19,799,000 7,846,000 19,371,000 19,302,000 19,302,000             
        operating lease right-of-use assets
        9,139,000 9,629,000 8,680,000 9,004,000 9,357,000 9,705,000 10,065,000 10,346,000 10,133,000           
        intangible assets
        6,772,000 7,071,000 7,370,000 7,970,000 8,283,000 8,582,000 8,881,000 9,179,000            
        liabilities and stockholders’ equity
                           
        operating lease liabilities
        6,016,000 6,390,000 5,798,000 6,016,000 6,314,000 6,573,000 6,829,000 728,000            
        preferred stock
                           
        total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
        2,336,187,000 2,368,124,000 2,333,558,000 2,300,286,000 2,364,326,000 2,354,039,000 2,336,452,000 2,322,222,000 2,289,445,000 2,281,102,000 2,237,787,000 2,189,162,000 2,101,239,000 1,987,211,000 1,889,666,000 1,849,454,000 1,817,956,000 1,782,526,000 1,074,288,000 
        equity method investment
           8,962,000 9,339,000 9,647,000 9,673,000             
        asset retirement obligations
           5,856,000 5,795,000 5,576,000 5,518,000 5,462,000 5,406,000 5,351,000 5,295,000 5,244,000 18,162,000 17,888,000 17,615,000 26,925,000 26,488,000 25,859,000 25,570,000 
        environmental obligations
           16,506,000 16,523,000 16,532,000 16,545,000 16,554,000 16,562,000 16,571,000 16,580,000 16,584,000 16,589,000 16,594,000 16,598,000 16,530,000 16,612,000 16,679,000 16,602,000 
        income taxes payable
                 21,161,000 21,163,000   5,246,000 3,463,000 8,097,000    
        accounts receivable (including related party), net of allowance for credit losses of 0 and 0, respectively
               13,180,000 11,106,000 21,245,000  16,018,000 32,748,000 37,108,000 51,009,000 37,095,000 8,178,000 13,925,000  
        accounts payable, construction payables and accrued liabilities
               92,096,000 71,661,000 68,574,000 72,265,000         
        non-current inventories
                7,410,000 6,844,000 5,744,000         
        current portion of operating lease liabilities
                309,000           
        operating lease liabilities, net of current portion
                7,050,000           
        current installments of long-term debt—related party
                      16,082,000 30,937,000 45,796,000 38,457,000  
        accounts payable and accrued liabilities
                   70,242,000 62,097,000 41,654,000 35,734,000 27,842,000 37,730,000 27,500,000 16,136,000 
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
                   -97,000 -416,000       
        restricted cash
                      516,000 9,124,000 9,118,000 9,115,000 9,100,000 
        finance lease right-of-use assets
                      758,000 847,000 884,000 974,000 1,028,000 
        current installments of long-term debt
                         3,105,000 2,403,000 
        current portion of finance lease liabilities
                      254,000 254,000 256,000 279,000 266,000 
        long-term debt—related party, net of current portion
                         17,733,000  
        finance lease liabilities, net of current portion
                      554,000 625,000 639,000 687,000 736,000 
        accumulated deficit
                        -19,337,000 -46,503,000 -62,622,000 
        trade accounts receivable
                          3,589,000 
        accounts payable and accrued liabilities—related parties
                          23,000 
        deferred revenue—related parties
                           
        current installments of long-term debt—related parties
                          22,070,000 
        other current liabilities—related parties
                           
        deferred revenue—related parties, net of current portion
                           
        long-term debt—related parties, net of current portion
                          44,380,000 
        stockholders’ equity
                           
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
        Unit: USD2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 
                           
          operating activities:
                           
          net income
        -41,780,000 -30,872,000 -22,648,000 -22,342,000 -25,516,000 -34,055,000 16,489,000 -16,259,000 -4,276,000 7,395,000 37,447,000 67,007,000 63,177,000 73,269,000 85,551,000 48,989,000 42,763,000 27,166,000 16,119,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
                           
          depreciation, depletion and amortization
        22,497,000 20,777,000 21,384,000 22,118,000 19,344,000 18,210,000 18,385,000 18,633,000 16,751,000 12,203,000 8,122,000 5,593,000 2,096,000 5,407,000 5,260,000 4,615,000 6,951,000 6,666,000 6,150,000 
          accretion of discount on short-term investments
        -6,136,000 -5,771,000 -5,691,000 -6,586,000 -7,352,000 -7,824,000 -8,493,000 -8,982,000 -3,401,000 -5,091,000 -8,842,000 -6,037,000 -2,913,000       
          gain on early extinguishment of debt
           -6,646,000 -46,265,000             
          stock-based compensation expense
        7,686,000 5,552,000 7,353,000 4,560,000 5,453,000 5,703,000 7,467,000 6,195,000 6,298,000 5,730,000 7,013,000 6,761,000 7,806,000 7,440,000 9,773,000 8,208,000 4,552,000 4,498,000 5,673,000 
          amortization of debt discount and debt issuance costs
                           
          lower of cost or net realizable value reserve
        -384,000 3,572,000 3,164,000  -2,668,000 11,762,000 5,991,000             
          deferred income taxes
        -11,553,000 -13,378,000 -4,558,000 -11,535,000 -9,286,000 -14,098,000 7,144,000 -4,701,000 -200,000 5,979,000 7,377,000 -44,772,000 20,455,000 18,627,000 23,479,000 6,163,000 3,157,000 3,943,000 4,162,000 
          other
        1,819,000 -5,984,000 65,000 2,880,000 1,029,000           557,000 -163,000 -259,000 -512,000 
          decrease (increase) in operating assets:
                           
          accounts receivable
        7,028,000 47,899,000 -50,845,000 -4,325,000 -6,090,000 13,141,000 -11,571,000 3,151,000 -2,074,000 10,139,000 11,611,000 -16,838,000 16,730,000 4,360,000 13,901,000 -13,914,000 -28,917,000 5,747,000 -10,336,000 
          inventories
        -31,627,000 -21,338,000 -31,103,000 1,314,000 -1,310,000 -20,598,000 -20,943,000 -21,601,000 -14,092,000 -6,382,000 -5,024,000 -1,928,000 -18,834,000 -2,625,000 -927,000 -4,566,000 1,375,000 -2,212,000 -2,826,000 
          government grant receivable
        -5,174,000 -4,519,000 -6,364,000 -11,953,000 16,293,000 -3,220,000 -1,617,000             
          prepaid expenses, other current and non-current assets
        -3,324,000 2,811,000 -7,100,000 1,089,000 1,425,000 -572,000 -3,243,000 1,887,000 1,902,000 -1,061,000 -351,000 -7,361,000 -98,000 743,000 694,000 -1,802,000 621,000 -742,000 -2,231,000 
          increase in operating liabilities:
                           
          accounts payable and accrued liabilities
        5,856,000 2,987,000 -1,786,000 2,635,000 5,559,000 771,000 -7,633,000 2,704,000 8,349,000 3,838,000 -3,586,000 3,233,000 4,205,000 1,700,000 -7,176,000 1,226,000 68,000 1,178,000 3,058,000 
          deferred revenue
        19,788,000 -19,861,000 44,809,000 50,000,000               
          deferred government grant
        610,000 590,000 2,723,000 825,000 1,653,000 944,000 1,489,000             
          other current and non-current liabilities
        -8,852,000 5,842,000 -6,637,000 23,806,000 -6,351,000 9,048,000 485,000 -349,000 347,000 -440,000 148,000 -618,000 222,000 -805,000 130,000 251,000 -3,093,000 2,638,000 -698,000 
          net cash from operating activities
        -42,048,000 -3,655,000 -63,198,000 30,477,000 -6,844,000 30,842,000 -41,126,000 -13,781,000 11,021,000 9,968,000 55,491,000 29,095,000 94,557,000 98,891,000 120,971,000 31,507,000 22,495,000 38,634,000 9,335,000 
          capital expenditures
        -50,496,000 -29,006,000 -30,467,000 -41,650,000 -46,442,000 -46,488,000 -51,838,000 -72,970,000 -58,691,000 -55,774,000 -74,462,000 -112,263,000 -91,748,000 
          free cash flows
        -92,544,000 -32,661,000 -93,665,000 -11,173,000 -53,286,000 -15,646,000 -92,964,000 -86,751,000 -47,670,000 -45,806,000 -18,971,000 -83,168,000 2,809,000 98,891,000 120,971,000 31,507,000 22,495,000 38,634,000 9,335,000 
          investing activities:
                           
          additions to property, plant and equipment
        -50,496,000 -29,006,000 -30,467,000 -41,650,000 -46,442,000 -46,488,000 -51,838,000 -72,970,000 -58,691,000 -55,774,000 -74,462,000 -112,263,000 -91,748,000       
          purchases of short-term investments
        -707,442,000 -319,135,000 -364,680,000 -417,374,000 -316,904,000 -443,097,000 -390,608,000 -480,236,000 -384,357,000 -320,884,000 -1,421,276,000 -759,195,000       
          proceeds from sales of short-term investments
        8,271,000 57,223,000 23,164,000 34,595,000 41,081,000 67,741,000 22,954,000 46,694,000 13,715,000 100,000 447,227,000 1,149,295,000        
          proceeds from maturities of short-term investments
        404,615,000 336,329,000 354,613,000 402,789,000 342,992,000 392,100,000 460,110,000 245,283,000 38,000,000 321,600,000 410,307,000 69,000,000        
          proceeds from return of investment in equity method investee
                          
          proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment
        2,397,000 1,666,000             125,000 
          proceeds from government awards used for construction
        12,000,000   96,000 1,750,000    5,130,000 1,767,000    
          net cash from investing activities
        -333,052,000 69,681,000 -15,704,000 -21,640,000 20,727,000 -29,744,000 40,714,000 -269,134,000 -390,283,000 265,926,000 462,188,000 -315,244,000 -325,078,000 -666,847,000 -49,802,000 -35,683,000 -39,114,000 -25,393,000 -19,173,000 
          financing activities:
                           
          proceeds from issuance of long-term debt
           747,500,000         690,000,000 
          proceeds from issuance of common stock
                           
          proceeds from issuance of series a preferred stock
                           
          proceeds from issuance of warrant
                           
          payments of debt issuance costs
                           
          payments to retire long-term debt
           -428,599,000             
          payments of equity issuance costs
                           
          purchase of capped call options
           -65,332,000             
          repurchases of common stock
           -24,304,000 -200,764,000             
          principal payments on debt obligations and finance leases
        -1,146,000 -2,496,000 -1,361,000 -794,000 -541,000 -386,000 -811,000 -631,000 -634,000 -621,000 -846,000 -695,000 -651,000 -671,000 -3,817,000 -728,000 -717,000 -714,000 -276,000 
          tax withholding on stock-based awards
        -1,647,000 -235,000 -3,642,000 -5,535,000 -453,000 -175,000 -3,949,000 -709,000 -344,000 -156,000 -5,976,000 -4,061,000 -202,000 -14,094,000     
          net cash from financing activities
        1,260,599,000 -2,731,000 -5,003,000 -10,828,000 -25,329,000 -1,554,000 32,920,000 -1,340,000 -978,000 -777,000 -6,822,000 -4,756,000 -651,000 -873,000 -17,911,000 -3,501,000 -880,000 -1,303,000 671,793,000 
          net change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
        885,499,000 63,295,000 -83,905,000 -1,991,000 -11,446,000 -456,000 32,508,000 -284,255,000 -380,240,000 275,117,000 510,857,000 -290,905,000 -231,172,000 -568,829,000 53,258,000 -7,677,000 -17,499,000 11,938,000 661,955,000 
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash beginning balance
        283,603,000 264,988,000 143,509,000 1,181,157,000 532,440,000 
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash ending balance
        885,499,000 63,295,000 199,698,000 -1,991,000 -11,446,000 -456,000 297,496,000 -284,255,000 -380,240,000 275,117,000 654,366,000 -290,905,000 -231,172,000 -568,829,000 1,234,415,000 -7,677,000 -17,499,000 11,938,000 1,194,395,000 
          reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash:
                           
          cash and cash equivalents
        885,620,000 63,192,000 198,343,000 -1,992,000 -11,170,000 -864,000 296,468,000 -284,317,000 -379,577,000 276,030,000 651,215,000 -291,342,000 -236,488,000 -568,843,000 1,233,300,000 -74,000 -17,504,000 15,360,000 1,181,515,000 
          restricted cash, current
        -119,000 103,000 815,000 1,000 -276,000 395,000 692,000 62,000 -660,000 -664,000 2,552,000 372,000 5,315,000 13,000 587,000 1,005,000 -1,000 -3,425,000 3,765,000 
          restricted cash, non-current
        -2,000 540,000 13,000 336,000 -3,000 -249,000 599,000 65,000 1,000 1,000 528,000 -8,608,000 6,000 3,000 9,115,000 
          total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
        885,499,000 63,295,000 199,698,000 -1,991,000 -11,446,000 -456,000 297,496,000 -284,255,000 -380,240,000 275,117,000 654,366,000 -290,905,000 -231,172,000 -568,829,000 1,234,415,000 -7,677,000 -17,499,000 11,938,000 1,194,395,000 
          amortization of debt issuance costs
         1,041,000 1,033,000 1,037,000 973,000 978,000 913,000             
          payment of debt issuance costs
           -4,499,000 -31,000 -993,000 -15,125,000         -330,000 -17,419,000 
          change in fair value of derivative instrument
          -6,997,000                 
          write-downs of inventories
                           
          revenue recognized in exchange for debt principal reduction
                   -13,566,000 -15,970,000 -15,957,000 -11,625,000 -11,276,000 
          income taxes receivable
                -1,000 -2,400,000 474,000 1,656,000 414,000       
          income taxes payable
               -21,161,000 -2,000 21,163,000 -5,246,000 1,783,000 -4,634,000    
          investment in equity method investee
                           
          accretion of asset retirement and environmental obligations
              231,000 227,000 227,000 227,000 227,000 222,000 418,000 419,000 418,000 595,000 595,000 592,000 593,000 
          gain on disposals of long-lived assets
              45,000             
          gain on forgiveness of paycheck protection loan
                         
          loss on disposals of long-lived assets
               398,000            
          accretion of debt discount and amortization of debt issuance costs
               886,000 884,000 884,000 882,000 881,000 879,000 880,000 1,394,000 1,996,000 2,101,000   
          loss on sale or disposal of long-lived assets
                   133,000    182,000   
          gain on sale or disposal of long-lived assets
                  -5,000    257,000    -133,000 
          write-down of inventories
                         
          non-cash settlement charge
                           
          refund liability to related party
                           
          deferred revenue from related party
                           
          proceeds from second additional advance
                           
          proceeds from business combination, including pipe financing
                           
          payment of underwriting and transaction costs
                           
          additions of property, plant and equipment
                      -54,932,000 -37,450,000 -41,729,000 -25,393,000 -19,298,000 
          accretion of debt discount and issuance costs
                          1,064,000 
          accrued interest
                          16,000 
          gain on sale of equipment
                           
          accretion of debt discount
                           
          trade accounts receivable
                           
          proceeds from long-term debt