BUZZ-Rare earths stocks surge in 2025 as countries rush to secure domestic supplies

** Rare earths miners wrap up 2025 in the green, boosted by a global trade war, supply constraints and as countries, including the United States, rushed to secure domestic supplies of critical minerals to reduce dependence on China

** The Trump administration, which took stakes in producers including MP Materials MP.N, Lithium Americas LAC.TO and Trilogy Metals TMQ.TO, is planning to sign more "historic deals" with the U.S. mining sector

** Trilogy Metal, in which the U.S. government acquired a 10% stake, jumped over 270% in the year and is set to post its second consecutive annual gain

** Meanwhile, MP Materials, in which the government took a 15% stake has soared 223% YTD and is poised to snap a three-year losing streak

** Critical Metals CRML.O has gained nearly 2%, while Ramaco Resources METC.O is up over 73%

** NioCorp Developments NB.O surged nearly 237%, while Idaho Strategic Resources IDR.A clocked over a four-fold jump to post its third consecutive annual gain

** Ucore Rare Metals UCU.V shares have jumped 632% YTD, while Titan Mining TI.TO soared nearly 770% and is set to snap four consecutive years of losses

(Reporting by Vallari Srivastava in Bengaluru)

((Srivastava.Vallari@thomsonreuters.com;))