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Rare Earth Exchanges

U.S. pro-industry, supply-chain nationalist

Owned byPrivately owned by co-founders Daniel O'Connor and Dustin Olsen, independent; no parent company identified
FundingRevenue model appears to combine subscription-based data and analytics services (REEx Insights), strategic consulting, and industry intelligence offerings; no advertising or outside institutional funding publicly disclosed
On the administrationmixed

Background

Rare Earth Exchanges was founded in 2024 by Daniel O'Connor, a lawyer and tech entrepreneur with 25 years of business development experience, and Dustin Olsen, a web developer and digital strategist based in Salt Lake City, Utah. O'Connor has cited a personal passion for geology and a patriotic motivation to secure American rare earth supply chains as the impetus for launching the outlet. The platform covers rare earth element news, insider capital flows, company rankings, geopolitics, and supply-chain analysis across media formats including a website, forums, podcast, and YouTube channel. Its editorial identity is openly aligned with the goal of U.S. and Western supply-chain independence from China, which it treats as a national security imperative. While it has generally supported the Trump administration's elevation of critical minerals as a policy priority, its forum and news coverage also raises concerns about conflicts of interest, the gap between policy ambition and industrial reality, and the limits of a mine-focused strategy without midstream investment. The outlet published an open letter to President Trump in 2025 urging a more integrated industrial ecosystem approach. Because it is a niche trade-and-advocacy publication rather than a general-news outlet, its political orientation is better described as supply-chain nationalist than as partisan left or right.

Sources

  1. About Us – Rare Earth Exchanges
  2. Rare Earth Exchanges – LinkedIn
  3. Dustin Olsen – ZoomInfo
  4. An Open Letter to President Donald J. Trump: From Rare Earth Exchanges
  5. Trump, Critical Minerals, and Conflicts of Interest: Why Transparency Matters More Than Ever – REE Forum
  6. Critical Minerals After Trump: Bipartisan Strategy, Partisan Execution Risk – REE Forum
  7. Rare Earth Exchanges – Podcast Addict
  8. Strategy Risks – Rare Earth Exchanges coverage note

Profile compiled 2026-09-02; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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