Moscow entices Washington with a rare earth proposal in peace bargain

Russia is rich in rare earth reserves and is willing to use them to get a better deal from the ￰0￱ Ukraine, a statement by a high-ranking government official in Moscow has ￰1￱ hint came with a comment listing areas for potential cooperation between the two powers that are yet to resolve a major geopolitical issue standing in the way of bilateral business – ending the ￰2￱ offers Washington Russia’s rare earth riches Russia is pulling another trump card in the context of careful rapprochement with the United States, part of tricky negotiations on how to terminate the military conflict in ￰3￱ two nations could collaborate in metallurgy, including projects involving rare metals and rare earth elements, Russia’s First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov said in an interview with the TASS news ￰4￱ also highlighted the opportunity for nuclear trade, elaborating: “In traditional industries, there is room for ￰5￱ example, Russia could supply uranium for ￰6￱ fuel ￰7￱ applies to steel, ￰8￱ president has also mentioned potential collaboration on rare metals and rare earth metals.” The Russian Federation has significant reserves of the latter, which creates opportunities for joint initiatives, Manturov emphasized.

“Other areas may emerge as we move forward on the topics I have outlined,” the deputy head of the Russian government ￰9￱ suggestion comes after the recent meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin with his ￰10￱ Donald Trump in ￰11￱ the press following the talks, Putin stressed that resolving the Ukrainian conflict was the main topic of the ￰12￱ the same time, the Russian leader called for turning the page in relations with the United States and returning to bilateral ￰13￱ earths become a bargaining chip in peace negotiations In his interview, Denis Manturov referred to statements made by Putin earlier this ￰14￱ first pitched the proposal in February, indicating Russia was open to working with the ￰15￱ the mining of rare earth metals.

What’s more, the master of the Kremlin made it clear his proposal covered Russia-annexed Ukrainian regions as well: “We are ready to attract foreign partners to the so-called new ￰16￱ are also certain stocks there.” Rare earths are a group of over a dozen metallic elements with unique magnetic and other properties, making them essential for high-tech applications, from electronics and electric motors to defense ￰17￱ they are not actually that rare in the Earth’s crust, low concentrations make their extraction quite difficult and definitely ￰18￱ spring, the Trump administration signed a major “minerals deal” with Ukraine that grants the ￰19￱ access to its natural resources, including its rare earth ￰20￱ to Washington, the agreement will help repay billions of dollars’ worth of ￰21￱ aid for the Eastern European nation invaded by Russia in ￰22￱ earths have become a bargaining chip in the peace ￰23￱ to a report by the Telegraph published ahead of the meeting in Anchorage, Trump wanted to offer Putin access to Alaskan natural resources and rare earth minerals in the Ukrainian territories currently occupied by ￰24￱ asked to comment, the American president tried to downplay the significance of the matter: “As far as rare earth, that’s very unimportant.

I’m trying to save lives.” The exchange of incentives extended by both sides has been going on for a ￰25￱ week, a Reuters report unveiled that the ￰26￱ Russia with energy deals before and during the presidential ￰27￱ with nuclear industry workers last week, Vladimir Putin confirmed Moscow and Washington are exploring opportunities for joint work in the ￰28￱ of Alaska in the field natural gas liquefaction and revealed the discussions also concern Russia’s Arctic ￰29￱ Difference Wire helps crypto brands break through and dominate headlines fast