Ukraine, the United States signed a critical metal deal. What we know so far – my country

Ukraine and the United States signed on Wednesday a deal promoted by US President Donald Trump significantly Ukraine Reconstruction.

Below is an overview of Critical mineralsIncluding rare land, and other natural resources in Ukraine:

Rare land is a group of 17 minerals used to make magnets that convert energy into movement of electric cars, mobile phones, missile systems and other electronics. There are no viable alternatives.

American geological survey considers that 50 minerals are very important, including rare land, nickel and lehium.

Critical metals are necessary for industries such as defense, high -tech devices, space and green energy.

Ukraine has deposits of 22 out of 34 minerals that the European Union has identified is very important, according to Ukrainian data. They include industrial and construction materials, virrow alloys, precious and non -iron metals, and some rare ground elements.

According to the Institute of Geology in Ukraine, the country has a rare ground like Lanathanom and Cerium, and is used in television and lighting devices; Newmium, used in wind turbines and EV batteries; Erbium and YTTRIUM, whose applications range from nuclear energy to laser. The European Union funded research also indicates that Ukraine has Scandium reserves. Detailed data is classified.

The World Economic Forum said that Ukraine is also a major potential resource for lithium, blelyium, manganese, muleum, garklium, graphite, dratite, fluorite and nickel.

The state’s geological service said that Ukraine has one of the largest European reserves, which is estimated at 500,000 metric tons, from lithium – vitality for batteries, ceramics and glass.

In the country there are titanium reserves, which are mostly in its northwestern and central regions, while lithium is located in the center, east and southeast.

Graphite reserves in Ukraine, a major component of electric vehicle batteries and nuclear reactors, represents 20 % of global resources. Deposits in the middle and west.

Ukraine also has large charcoal reserves, although most of them are now under the control of Russia in the occupied territories.

Mining and Economists say that Ukraine currently does not have a commercial ground mines.

China is the largest producer in the world for rare land and many other critical metals.

The two countries signed the agreement in Washington after months of negotiations sometimes, with continued uncertainty until the last moment with the word Aqaba at eleven o’clock.

The agreement defines a joint investment fund for Ukraine’s reconstruction, as Trump tries to secure a peace settlement in the three -year -old Russia’s war in Ukraine.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Beesen and Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Sfridinko were presented to sign the agreement in a picture posted on the treasury on X, which said that the deal “clearly indicates the Trump administration’s commitment to communicate with free Ukraine, sovereign, prosperity.”

Svydenko wrote on X that the agreement provides for Washington to contribute to the fund. She also said that the agreement provides for new help, for example, Ukraine’s air defense systems. The United States did not take this proposal directly.

Svydenko said that the agreement allowed Ukraine to “determine what is and the place of extraction” and that the soil that remains owned by Ukraine.

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Sfiridino said that Ukraine has no debt obligations to the United States under the agreement, a major point in long negotiations between the two countries. It also complied with the constitution of Ukraine and the Ukraine campaign to join the European Union.

The draft did not provide any concrete American security guarantees to Ukraine, one of its primary goals.

The war caused extensive damage across Ukraine, and Russia is now controlling about five its territory.

The largest part of the charcoal deposits in Ukraine, which operates the steel industry before the war, is concentrated in the east and lost.

About 40 % of mineral resources in Ukraine are now subject, according to estimates of Ukrainian thought that we build Ukraine and the National Institute for Strategic Studies, citing data until the first half of 2024. They have not provided any detailed collapse.

Since then, the Russian forces have continued to advance steadily in the eastern Donetsk area. In January, Ukraine closed the only cookie charcoal mine outside the city of Boucrovsk, which Moscow forces are trying to capture.

Russia occupied at least a Ukrainian Li -Biithium deposits during the war – one in Donetsk and another in the Zaburisvia region in the southeast. KYIV still controls lithium deposits in the central Kyrovohrad area.

The government was working on deals with Western allies including the United States, Britain, France and Italy on projects related to the exploitation of critical materials. The government estimates the total investment capabilities in the sector at about $ 12-15 billion by 2033.

The state’s geological service said that the government is preparing for about 100 sites to be licensed and developing it jointly, but it has not provided more details.

Although Ukraine has a very qualified, relatively inexpensive workforce and infrastructure development, investors highlight a number of barriers that prevent investment. These include ineffective and complex organizational processes, as well as the difficulty of accessing geological data and land conspiracies.

They said that such projects will take years to develop and require a major initial investment.

(I participated in the reports of Olina Harfash; edited by Kirsten Donovan and Nile Folic)