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Ukraine has several deposits containing rare earth elements" but none of these deposits have been mined
said Elena Safirova, a Ukraine specialist at the US Geological Survey Ukraine's deposits of rare earth elements might not be profitable to extract
Ukraine is a significant global supplier of titanium and is a potential source of over 20 critical raw materials."
The European Commission said We're telling Ukraine they have very valuable rare earths,
Absolutely, we need to get this guy back to reality."
When asked if U.S. officials would continue to pursue a deal, a Trump adviser, speaking on condition of anonymity, said about Zelenskiy The U.S. has not historically used natural resource-for-aid swaps, but it's a tried and tested tool in China's minerals playbook,
said Gracelin Baskaran, director of the critical minerals security program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies I can't sell our country,
he told reporters Wednesday And we had a deal based on rare earth and things, but they broke that deal… they broke it two days ago,
The Ukrainians are more than willing to give extra advantages to the United States, in the form of privileged concessional access to critical mineral resources, in recognition of the billions of dollars that American taxpayers have put into Ukraine,
While the United States gets nothing back, so they get their money back,
