Donald Trump’s “minerals-for-aid” offer to Ukraine last week has put the spotlight on the country’s vast and rare mineral resources, to which Washington wants rights as payback for past military support.
Ukraine has large underground deposits worth up to $11.5tn of critical minerals, including lithium, graphite, cobalt, titanium and rare earths such as gallium, that are essential for an array of industries from defence to electric vehicles.
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