Posted on 02/05/2025 2:31:26 PM PST by USA-FRANCE
Ukraine: A Key Source for Rare Earth Metals. Ukraine, with its diverse geological landscape, is a global powerhouse in mineral resources, holding approximately 5% of the world’s total. The country possesses around 20,000 natural deposits spanning 116 types. Before the full-scale Russian invasion, 15% of these deposits, including 147 metallic and 4,676 non-metallic ore deposits, were actively exploited.
Ukraine emerges as a key potential supplier of rare earth metals such as titanium, lithium, beryllium, manganese, gallium, uranium, zirconium, graphite, apatite, fluorite, and nickel. The nation boasts the largest titanium reserves in Europe (7% of global reserves) and is one of the few countries mining titanium ores, crucial for industries like aerospace, medicine, automotive, and marine.
Before February 2022, Ukraine was a significant titanium supplier to the military sector. It also holds one of Europe’s largest confirmed lithium reserves (estimated at 500,000 tons), vital for batteries, ceramics, and glass. Ukraine is the world’s 5th largest gallium producer, essential for semiconductors and LEDs, and has been a major supplier of highly purified, semiconductor-grade neon gas to the US chip industry.
Ukraine has verified deposits of beryllium, which are essential for the nuclear power, aerospace, military, acoustic, and electronic industries, as well as uranium, crucial for the nuclear and military sectors. Zirconium and apatite are vital for nuclear and medical applications. The country is well-known for its large, high quality iron ore and manganese reserves, which are critical for green steel production. In 2021, Ukraine provided 43% of the EU’s steel plate imports.
Additionally, Ukraine holds significant reserves of nonferrous metals such as copper (ranked 4th), lead (5th), zinc (6th), and silver (9th) in Europe, based on deposit size. Nickel and cobalt deposits are found in the relatively secure Kirovohrad and Dnipropetrovsk regions. Ukraine’s graphite reserves account for 20% of global resources.
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The timing is PERFECT - since China has yesterday decided to stop all rare earth materials exports to America. Ukraine will replace China in the near future. A new USA-Ukraine Alliance is shaping up.
Thus, Trump's US arms deliveries to Ukraine will continue for a very long time. America will be able to double its weapons exports to Ukraine. Or maybe even quadruple. Russia is in panic mode because Ukraine has ample means to pay for ALL US weapon deliveries.
The arrival of Trump is changing everything - the whole planet. I can now say we are FINALLY starting to win against the IRAN-Russia-North Korea China Alliance! Thank you president Trump.
An estimated $14 trillion or so. That’s why the globalists were prepared to spend trillions on this war, because it couldn’t be helped but be profitable for them.
My periodic says the author flunked chemistry. Some of that list aren't metals at all.
If we keep killing off the Ukrainians we will have to import Venezuelans, Hondurans and Haitians to do the mining.
NONE of those things listed are “Rare Earth Metals”
Some of them are uncommon in commercial quantities, but are not “Rare Earth ‘Metals’”.
The author definitely flunked chemistry.
The author definitely flunked chemistry.
If I am not mistaken, the correct overall term is minerals which covers all resources that are not biological life forms.
I hate to break it to you but Russia is not part of the Deep State. The Deep State is an American-grown evil and the Deep State has been gunning to dismember Russia, cut up its children, and steal everything they have.
I am afraid that you lie as easily as you breathe. Your checks will stop coming soon. Find another line of work.
I see folks have already jumped on the list of rare earth metals that are not rare earth metals.
In the world of oil and gas, there are habit patterns that I see here in this article, too. Things like “largest titanium reserves in Europe”. Well, if Europe has nearly none, it’s not hard to be the dominant European source and if it’s not a big number globally, it’s insignificant. (7% quoted)
Australia is the big kahuna with 1.1 billion tons of the ore that contains titanium. Ukraine’s number is 50 million tons.
4.5% of Australia. Looks insignificant to me.
There is nothing in Ukraine that can’t be purchased somewhere else by US businesses.
However, if the price to cost ratio “looks good” after the current war is terminated:
“Go For It.”
That was from GPT
I read earlier that a lot of the things Trump wants…are on the Russian side of the lines. Good luck getting those out of the ground.
Apatite is a phosphate. Fluorite is a fluoride. Minerals, not ‘metals’ or ‘elements’.
Diversity hire author?
The NATO Energy Security Centre of Excellence (ENSEC COE) is a widely recognized international military organization that strives to provide qualified and appropriate expert advice on questions related to operational energy security...
No bias there, nope.
Or the 8-year-old kids in Congo, working in the cobalt mines.
You want USAID to keep doing it’s dastardly work?
Trump and Musk and most republicans want to kill the agency. Democrats are crying over its end. You must be a democrat?
When it comes to some media sources probably closing their doors, well...
How ‘bout FOX in Ukraine, FOXU. FOXU.... ;)
“I hate to break it to you but Russia is not part of the Deep State.”
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Wrong.
Every nation has a certain level of homegrown deep-state.
America doesn’t have the monopoly on that.
The deep state in Russia is composed exclusively of the old KGB guard.
I’m waiting for a few FR Zeepers to disappear with the end of USAID payments.
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