Short interest alert: Most and least shorted materials stocks with over $2B market cap

[A double exposure image of skyscrapers with overlay of financial graphs, set against a blurred background, illustrating the concept of business growth] Short interest varies widely across mid- to mega-cap materials stocks, with MP Materials among the most shorted names and AngloGold Ashanti among those with the lowest short interest. MP Materials (MP [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/MP]) has the highest short interest at 18.85%, followed by USA Rare Earth (USAR [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/USAR]) at 15.96% and Cleveland-Cliffs (CLF [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/CLF]) at 14.08%. At the lower end, AngloGold Ashanti (AU [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/AU]) has the lowest short interest at 0.75%, followed by SQM at 0.