Does Ukraine really have rare earth metals?

[Amuro0079]

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-02-19/trump-s-insistence-ukraine-has-rare-earth-elements-is-wrong

https://bne.eu/ukraine-doesn-t-have-any-rare-earth-metals-and-the-strategic-minerals-it-does-have-are-not-worth-trillions-of-dollars-368472/

The first article seems to be behind a paywall, but here's a video that discusses it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tILXLxMTmgA

[unskilled-]

Who knows?

500 billion to take a punt is worth a shot given China's dominance over rare earth metals.

[Amuro0079]

It's not going to make much of difference given given the small deposits which never show up on any international geological surveys. Plus, you need the technologies to extract and refine, and China is leading in this area as well.

[Voroff]

Even if there are no metals that are rare, the mines are mostly under Russian supervised territory. This "deal" is moot from the very start.

[*ੈ✩‧₊˚༺☆Prinny☆]

Let's build more pylons and find out.

[Nülliflower]

can't say i've heard of any good metal bands from there. in fact i've never heard any rock music from there at all, the closest thing was that pink floyd song they released a couple years ago.

[*ੈ✩‧₊˚༺☆Prinny☆]

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can't say i've heard of any good metal bands from there. in fact i've never heard any rock music from there at all, the closest thing was that pink floyd song they released a couple years ago.

As a Pink Floyd fan I am unaware of this.

[Nülliflower]

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can't say i've heard of any good metal bands from there. in fact i've never heard any rock music from there at all, the closest thing was that pink floyd song they released a couple years ago.

As a Pink Floyd fan I am unaware of this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saEpkcVi1d4

[unskilled-]

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Let's build more pylons and find out.

We need more Vespane gas.

[*ੈ✩‧₊˚༺☆Prinny☆]

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As a Pink Floyd fan I am unaware of this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saEpkcVi1d4
somewhat related to ukraine i guess

God. Nick and David look so rough. It's hard to watch.

[Nülliflower]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saEpkcVi1d4
somewhat related to ukraine i guess

God. Nick and David look so rough. It's hard to watch.

well they are probably about 70 at this point, no surprise there

[Battlekruse]

It has been mention before, but Ukraine is the motherlode of all.

Resource
1st in Europe in proven recoverable reserves of uranium ores.
2nd place in Europe and 10th place in the world in terms of titanium ore reserves.
2nd place in the world in terms of explored reserves of manganese ores (2.3B tons, or 12% of the world’s reserves).
2nd largest iron ore reserves in the world (30B tons).
2nd place in Europe in terms of mercury ore reserves.
3rd place in Europe (13th place in the world) in shale gas reserves (22T cubic meters).
8th place in the world in coal reserves (33.9B tons).
51st place in the world oil reserves


Agricultural
1st in Europe in terms of arable land area.
3rd place in the world by the area of black soil (25% of world’s volume).
1st place in the world in exports of sunflower and sunflower oil.
4th place in the world in barley production and 4th place in barley exports.
5th largest producer and 4th largest exporter of corn in the world.
3rd largest producer of potatoes in the world.
4th largest rye producer in the world.
5th place in the world in bee production (75,000 tons).
5th place in the world in wheat exports.

Ukraine can meet the food needs of 600M people, while the population of Ukraine is 35-40M people.

Industry
2nd in Europe and 4th largest natural gas pipeline system in the world (142.5B cubic meters of gas throughput capacity in the EU).
2rd largest in Europe and 7th largest in the world in terms of installed capacity of nuclear power plants.
4th place in Europe and 13th in the world in terms of rail network length (22,300KM).
3rd largest iron exporter in the world.
4th largest exporter of turbines for nuclear power plants in the world.
4th world’s largest manufacturer of rocket launchers.
3rd place in the world in clay exports.
5th place in the world in titanium exports.

[*ੈ✩‧₊˚༺☆Prinny☆]

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God. Nick and David look so rough. It's hard to watch.

well they are probably about 70 at this point, no surprise there

Yeah. Still hurts to see them this way.