After hours of uncertainty and doubts, USA And Ukraine have signed the agreement on rare earth. The signed agreement will guarantee Donald Trump a privileged access to new investment projects for the development of Kiev’s natural resources, including aluminum, graphite, oil and natural gas. The two countries have smooth out the problems that arose last minutes on the document, considered one of the key elements to end the war.
As for the details of the agreement Between the USA and Ukraine we have to start from the fund which will be managed jointly from the two countries to the 50 hundred. “We will manage this fund jointly with the United States. None of the two parts will have a dominant vote, demonstrating the equal partnership between Ukraine and the United States” has reassured the Ukrainian vice -premier Julija Svyrydenko, as regards the resources present on the Ukrainian role, it is Kiev to establish where and what to extract and the subsoil remains of Ukraine, the agreement does not provide for any change. In the privatization processes or in the management of state companies: these will continue to belong to Ukraine. The agreement – reads still – does not contain any reference to Ukraine’s debtor obligations towards the United States: “The implementation of the agreement will allow both countries to increase their economic potential through equal cooperation and investments”.
The Ukrainian deputy premier has kept to clarify that the agreement “complies with the Constitution and does not change the course of European integration”. “The document is consistent with national legislation e does not contradict any international obligation of Ukraine“Its confirmation:” It is important that the agreement becomes a signal for the other global actors about the reliability of cooperation with Ukraine in the long term, for decades “. With reference to the aforementioned fund, this” will be fed exclusively with the revenues deriving from the new licenses “. It is” 50% of the funds from new licenses for projects in the field of critical and petroleum materials and of the gas, which will be implemented in the budget after Bottom. The proceeds deriving from projects already in progress or the budget revenues are not included in the fund. The agreement concerns further strategic cooperation “.
The Fund “will be fed exclusively with the revenues deriving from the new licenses”, he added, highlighting that it is “50% of the funds from new licenses for projects in the field of critical materials and petrolium and of the gaswhich will be implemented in the budget after the creation of the fund. The proceeds deriving from projects already in progress or the budget revenues are not included in the fund. The agreement concerns a further strategic cooperation “. For the functioning of the fund” only changes to the budget code “and the agreement itself will be necessary and the agreement” must be ratified by Verkhovna Rada “, that is, the Parliament of Kiev. The Svyrydenko has concluded that” it is supported by the United States government through the DFC agency, which will help us attract investments and technologies from funds and companies both in the United States and in the United States and in the EU in the EU and Other countries that support our fight against the Russian enemy. The transfer and development of technology constitute an important component of the agreement, because we do not need only investments, but also of innovation “.
Based on what was collected by the Washington Post, the agreement between Ukraine and the USA does not provide concrete security guarantees to the town of Zelensky. Instead, it establishes a “long -term strategic alignment” between the two nations and promises to Washington “support for safety, prosperity, reconstruction and integration of Ukraine in the global economic context”. And the agreement still does not include any reference to the Zaporizhzia nuclear power plant occupied by Putin’s troops. US officials had previously suggested to take control of the system as part of a future peace agreement.
From nuclear to military industry, from medicine to airospace, rare lands represent one fundamental wealth for different strategic sectors. They are obtained from mining deposits and before the Russian invasion of 2022, Ukraine had surveyed about 20 thousand mining deposits, over 3 thousand of which are already active. Despite the conflict, Kiev continues to hold control of numerous mines and deposits that could prove to be decisive for the economic and strategic safety of Europe.
Among the most relevant elements is the titanium, of which the country holds 7% of the world reserves: a key resource for the aerospace, naval, medical and military industry. But it is not the only one. Ukraine has one of the largest confirmed lithium reserves of the continent – approximately 500 thousand tons – Essential component for the production of batteries, glass and ceramics. The country is also among the main world manufacturers of Gallio, used in the manufacture of semiconductors and LEDs, and has been the main global supplier of highly purified Neon, indispensable for the production of chips in the United States.
The list of Ukrainian strategic resources is long and also includes beryllium, used in nuclear, aerospace and electronic industry, and uranium, fundamental for the energy and military sector. To these are added zirconium and apatite, used in the medical and nuclear sectors. The iron and manganese mineral reserves are also relevant, particularly suitable for the production of low -emission steel. To complete the country’s mining panorama There are non -ferrous metals as copper (fourth reserve in Europe), lead (fifth), zinc (sixth) e silver (ninth). The deposits of nickel And cobalt – respectively 215 thousand and 8,800 tons – are found in relatively safe areas such as the regions of Kirovohrad and Dnipropetrovsk. Finally, the role of Ukraine in the production of graphite should be underlined: with 20% of global resources, the country is a worldwide power. Even in the case of other strategic elements such as bromine, metallic magnesium and manganese, Kiev appears permanently in the global top ten.
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