Russia, US in talks over joint rare earths projects

[RazorbackExpat]

Washington and Moscow have reportedly begun discussions on joint rare earths projects in Russia, the head of the country’s sovereign wealth fund, Kirill Dmitriev, said on Monday.

“Rare earth metals are an important area of cooperation and, of course, we have started discussions on various rare earth metals and projects in Russia,” Dmitriev told pro-Kremlin Russian newspaper Izvestia.

Dmitriev, who was part of Russia’s negotiating team at talks with US officials in Saudi Arabia in February, said some companies have expressed interest in potential joint ventures.

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[Irish_Dem]

1. It is a trick to get Trump financially invested in Russia.

He will then help defend Russia against everyone else.

[RazorbackExpat]

3. Putin certainly knows how to dangle a golden carrot in front of Trump

In Saudi Arabia, they also discussed developing Ukrainian minerals in Russian-occupied territory

[Irish_Dem]

4. Exactly, pretend to give Trump money and he will do anything for it.

It is irresistible.

He will sell out his own country.
Use the US military.
Damage all of our allies.

Doesn't matter to him.

[sinkingfeeling]

2. In Ukraine, Greenland, and Canada?

[RazorbackExpat]

5. In Ukraine, definitely. That was discussed in Saudi Arabia

In Greenland and Canada, probably. Greenland is already under the aegis of the EU and NATO, so Trump's claim of needing to protect Greenland from Russia is pure BS. But a new huge deposit of rare earth minerals has supposedly been found in Tanbreez, Greenland, which its discovers claim may be the 3rd largest REE deposit in the world, and no doubt that is what Trump is really after. I'm not sure how Russia would play into that, since neither the US nor Russia has much expertise in developing rare earth minerals. China is by far the leader in that field, but Australia has been developing its REE technologies.