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Why the Trump administration may want Ukraine's minerals
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Why the Trump administration may want Ukraine's minerals

  • By ALEXA ST. JOHN Associated Press
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A deal this week will give the United States access to Ukraine's mineral wealth. The country has a number of minerals critical to manufacturing including titanium, lithium and uranium. A subset of these, rare earth metals, are also important for a number of economic areas including the clean energy transition. President Donald Trump, who has pushed for the agreement, has long been critical of a transition to green energies, including wind, solar and others, along with electrification of transportation and appliances. But the minerals Ukraine possesses are needed for aerospace, medical devices, specialty glass and hundreds of other uses, making access to them a priority for the first Trump administration as well as this one.

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