Kyiv faces sustained pressure from high-ranking U.S. officials to agree to a resource-sharing deal that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has judged is not in his country’s interest, under terms Washington has presented. U.S. President Donald Trump wants Kyiv to deliver what he’s called “equalization” for the support Washington has provided, amid Ukraine’s ongoing fight against a full-scale Russian …
Read More »The U.S. wants minerals. Ukraine wants military support. Can they strike a deal?
Ukraine has clearly grabbed the attention of U.S. President Donald Trump with its apparent willingness to share access to rare-earth resources with Washington, in exchange for its continued support and security guarantees. Trump wants what he calls “equalization” for support the U.S. has provided to Ukraine in the wake of Russia’s full-scale invasion. And he wants …
Read More »Canada has dozens of critical minerals. Here are the key ones and how they are used – National
Canada’s new billion-dollar plan to boost its critical minerals sector will focus on six particular materials that are crucial components of electric vehicles, clean energy technologies and more. While the strategy unveiled Friday lists 31 minerals it classified as “critical,” the six that are under the spotlight — lithium, graphite, …
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