Magnus Ericsson, who has made a long career in the mining industry, tells the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter that the US requirements are not realistic.
US president Donald Trump Has said he wants to have valuable minerals from Ukraine in exchange for the help provided by the country.
Swedish magazine For Dagens Nyheter (Dn) spoke of a Swedish expert Magnus Ericsson You can see one big problem in the plan. According to him, Ukraine lacks the rare earth metals mentioned by the White House.
– There are no mines or well -known performances of rare earth metals in Ukraine.
Ericsson works as a visiting professor at Luleå Technical University and works as a mining consultant worldwide.
Trump has said that US will want minerals from Ukraine for $ 500 billion. According to Ericsson, the requirement is completely unrealistic.
– Even if Ukraine would produce all the rare earth metals in the world, it would take $ 500 billion to raise about 30 years.
Ericsson says he understands Trump’s interest in the valuable elements of Ukraine. According to him, there is only one functional mining in the United States.
Ukraine is another one of Europe’s largest mining countries. According to Ericsson, the country produces twice the amount of iron ore compared to Sweden during the war.
In addition, Ukraine produces titanium and manganese. Particularly in areas occupied by Russia, there is a lot of coal.
Misunderstandings of agreement
US Treasury Scott Bessent says the economic magazine For the Financial Times In a column written, there is a lot of misunderstandings on the mineral agreement prepared by the United States and Ukraine.
According to Bessent Volodymyr from Zelensky.
– The cooperation supports the long -term presence of the US in Ukraine and forms the basis for the reconstruction of the Ukrainian economy.
According to Bessent, the proceeds from natural resources are to be directed to the fund to be established for the reconstruction of Ukraine.
AFP reported yesterday Saturday that Zelenskyi was not ready to sign a contract with the United States on Ukraine’s mineral reserves in the current form.
Donald Trump commented on the mineral pimium yesterday on Saturday at the CPAC conference for conservative politicians.
– I want them to give us something in return for our money. We ask for a rare earth metal and oil, whatever we can get.