France has been discussing development of Ukrainian mineral resources for its defence industry since autumn

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Geologists, including at France's Bureau of Geological and Mining Research (BRGM), found more than 100 resources, including iron, manganese and uranium, in a study of Ukraine published in 2023.
The Manila Times
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Russia offered the United States a deal last week that would grant Washington access to deposits of rare earth minerals and other valuable metals in Russian-occupied areas of eastern Ukraine, NBC News reported on Wednesday.
Novaya Gazeta. Europe
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China controls about 70 per cent of the world’s critical rare earth minerals, which are used in everything from mobile phones to cars.
CNA
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President Donald Trump, who has pushed for the agreement, has long been critical of a transition to green energies, which include wind and solar power, along with electrification of transportation and appliances, all things that require the various minerals the U.S. will have access to in this deal.
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