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News Articles: rare earth minerals

Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shake hands during their meeting at Trump Tower, Sept. 27, 2024, in New York.

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  • Europe

Meeting Trump at White House, Zelenskyy hopes for continued aid in war with Russia

The meeting comes about a week after Trump called Zelenskyy a dictator and repeated Kremlin talking points, including suggesting that Ukraine started the war with Russia.

February 28, 2025
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  • Joanna Kakissis
A man shows lithium stone from an illegal mining site in Paseli, north central Nigeria, Tuesday, Nov 5, 2024.

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  • Europe

5 minerals in Ukraine that may be part of a deal with the U.S.

President Trump says Ukraine is ready to sign a deal with the U.S. to share its mineral wealth. We look at five minerals and metals that could be covered by the deal.

February 26, 2025
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks to journalists during press conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday.

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  • Europe

The U.S. and Ukraine are close to agreeing on a framework deal for critical minerals

President Trump says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will come to the U.S. Friday to sign a deal.

February 26, 2025
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  • Joanna Kakissis
The town of Peine, near the Salt flats and one of the closest towns to the lithium mining operations. 13th of April, 2024. Antofagasta, Chile.

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  • Latin America

How one community in Chile is blessed and cursed with lithium

Chile is the world's second-largest lithium producer. It has been a welcome boon to the economy, but local community members consider it a disaster.

February 23, 2025
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  • John Bartlett
The iron ore mine in Kiruna, north of the Arctic Circle, is one of the world's largest iron ore mines.

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  • Europe

It's a journey to the center of the rare earths discovered in Sweden

Sweden says it found the largest deposit in Europe of rare earths — ingredients in a host of technologies from e-vehicles to wind turbines. Mining and processing them is another story.

July 18, 2023
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  • Jackie Northam
Voters stand in line to cast ballots Tuesday for Greenland's parliamentary elections at a polling station in the capital.

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  • World

Opposition Wins Elections In Greenland, Casting Doubt On Future Of Rare-Earth Mine

At the center of Tuesday's election was a rare-earth mining project that has seen those favoring greater development square off against others who want more environmental safeguards.

April 07, 2021
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  • Scott Neuman
Giant icebergs float in the fjord in the southern Greenland town of Narsaq, the site of a controversial Australian-led uranium and rare-earth mining project. The open-pit mine has divided opinion on the island, which goes to the polls on Tuesday.

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  • World

A Row Over Rare-Earth Deposits Could Bring Down Greenland's Government

Greenlanders are going to the polls Tuesday in a crucial election that could determine if the island taps its vast deposits of rare-earth minerals to fuel eventual independence from Denmark.

April 06, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Neuman and
  • Sidsel Overgaard

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