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US-Ukraine deal highlights Ukraine’s wealth of critical minerals, but extracting them isn’t so simple

  • Written by Scott L. Montgomery, Lecturer, Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington
US-Ukraine deal highlights Ukraine’s wealth of critical minerals, but extracting them isn’t so simpleA dragline excavator mines rare earth materials in the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine on Feb. 25, 2025.Kostiantyn Liberov/Libkos/Getty Images

Ukraine’s mineral wealth has been a key factor in its negotiations with the U.S. as the two countries work out details for a ceasefire agreement in Ukraine’s war with Russia.

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