Ukraine holds trillions of dollars worth of rare earth elements, which are critical for the modern high-tech economy.

Their role in technology and the global economy has made countries with rare earths a key focus in geopolitical discussions.

The port of entry has been temporarily closed to allow for an investigation into the crash. A port of entry on the South African and Eswatini border has been closed after a truck crashed into 15 ...

Volodymyr Zelensky’s refusal to sign away nearly half of his country’s rare earth minerals for very few future guarantees is one of many reasons why Trump has been driven into a rage at his ...

The government on Wednesday (January 29, 2025) approved a ₹16,300-crore National Critical Mineral Mission, envisaging a total outlay of ₹34,300 crore spread over seven years, with an aim to ...

New U.S. President Donald Trump, while promising the dangerous expansion of U.S. oil and gas production, aims to make the U.S. "the leading producer and processor" of minerals. Several mining ...

Bernard Hubbard didn’t set out to map minerals. As a geology PhD student at UB, he used satellite and airborne instruments to study volcanoes from above. Later, as a research geologist with the United ...

Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office on Monday, Trump said the United States wants Ukrainian rare earth minerals — such ... aid could serve as a road map for how countries negotiate with ...

Donald Trump wants Ukraine to pay for financial and military support by affording Washington access to the country’s vast but ...

Ukraine has already emphasized that by supporting its war effort, the U.S. could get access to the country’s wealth of critical minerals like lithium and uranium. By Constant Méheut Reporting ...

Now add this to the mix: U.S. President Donald Trump wants to condition future U.S. aid to Ukraine on getting more access to the country's valuable "rare earth" minerals -- minerals that are in ...