US leader Donald Trump identified the problem in the extraction of rare earth metals from Ukraine in exchange for further support for the war with the Russian Federation. The strategic importance of these natural resources was also mentioned in one of the points of the “victory plan” of President Volodymyr Zelensky.
A report on rare earth metals and why Trump wants to eliminate them, in the material RBC-Ukraine.
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- What are rare earth metals and what are they in Ukraine
- Rare earth metals in exchange for US aid
- One of the points in the plan overcome”
So what? Rare earth metals and others in Ukraine
Rare earth metals include a group of chemical elements (scandium, sodium and lanthanides) with unique physical and chemical properties. It is important to use them in many high-tech fields, such as electronics, green energy, medicine and optics.
In general, rare earth elements are used in the manufacture of smartphones, computers, equipped for tomographs, lasers, for the creation of metals and light alloys, etc.
Ukraine has deposits of these rare metals, chemicals:
- Lithium reserves are close to a third of those reported in Europe (about 3% of the world's reserves);
- Graphite reserves are among the top 5 leading powers;
- titanium reserves are among the top 10 countries, and the Stremigorod deposit of titanium ores near the Zhytomyr region is one of the largest in the world;
- deposits of uranium ores are ranked first in Europe 11th in the world.
Ukraine also has reserves of other critical minerals: manganese, saliva, gold, lead, zinc, cobalt, nickel, copper, zirconium, etc.
Uranium, titanium and graphite have been mined in Ukraine for a long time, while the species is still at the “discussed” stage. There is also a need for further geological development of genera.
More information about what reserves of copalin Ukraine has and how this potential can be exploited can be found in the material “Trillions in the Bottoms. Why Zakhid does not invest in lithium, titanium and uranium in Ukraine.”
It is significant that the world leader in the production and processing of rare earth metals is China.
Rare earth metals in exchange for additional US assistance
US President Donald Trump has identified a contamination in the extraction of rare earth metals from Ukraine in exchange for further support for a large-scale war with the Russian Federation.
The head of the White House noted that Ukraine has valuable resources that can be used to ensure American interests in the current high-tech industry, reported AP News.
Trump emphasized that the United States has given Ukraine more military and economic aid, including its European allies, and has agreed to arrange a deal that would guarantee access to Ukrainian rare earths. metals We appreciate that such a favor could be instrumental in continuing American support for the war with Russia.
“We are talking to them (Ukraine and the Russian Federation, – ed.) simply at once, we are working on the needs so that we have guarantees of those other speeches. We are telling Ukraine that they have it effectively valuables “Rare earth metals,” Trump said.
One of the points of the “plan of victory”
President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke about the strategic importance of rare earth metals in Ukraine at the time of the presentation of his “plan of victory” last spring. We also encouraged our allies in the United States and Europe to promote investment and protection of valuable metals.
The head of state stated that Ukraine has abundant natural resources, including critically important ones, worth trillions of US dollars. This includes uranium, titanium, lithium, graphite and other strategically valuable resources that can be strengthened in global competition by either Russia and its allies, or Ukraine and the democratic world.
Zelensky He emphasized that the supply of critical resources in Ukraine along with Ukraine’s globally important potential for renewable energy and food are among Russia’s key goals in the war.
“Ukraine proposes that the United States, together with its important partners, together with the European Union, and part of which Ukraine – and other partners in the world – will place special emphasis on the safe protection of critical resources found in Ukraine, strong investment and high-quality economic potential. This is also the world of economic power,” emphasized Zelensky.
The President thought that such a favor is organic. add and strengthen the existing system economic pressure on Russia, and all the obvious sanctions against the Russian Federation, the reduction of nafta prices, the reduction of exports from the Russian Federation and other pressures.
As the Financial Times wrote a year ago, the point of the “victory plan” about Rare earths were aimed at Trump.
People's Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Yevgenia Kravchuk, in a commentary on the RBC-Ukraine YouTube channel, explained that the leader of the States wants to address this point through competition from China. As soon as Russia seizes Ukrainian territories, China denies access until the end of the year. And in Trump’s opinion, China is considered the “greatest enemy” for the United States.
During the preparation, the following were taken into account: publications of AP News, Financial Times, the text of the “victory plan” presented by Volodymyr Zelensky at the Verkhovna Rada, data from Wikipedia
