The European Commission talked about future projects on rare minerals

"Yes, these figures (10% of domestic production of REM by 2030. — Ed.) are still relevant. The Commission will soon publish a list of strategic projects contributing to the achievement of these criteria," said the official representative of the European Commission.

At the moment, the EU is 100% dependent on imports in the field of heavy rare earth metals. To develop mining and processing, the EU has established 14 strategic partnerships in the field of raw materials with third countries, the EC reported.

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Earlier, on February 25, it became known that the European Union offered Kiev conclude an agreement on "critical materials". European Commissioner for Industrial Strategy Stefan Sejournay noted that Ukraine "can provide the EU with 21 of the 30 most important materials."

He later said that the EC has not offered Kiev any new agreement on rare earth resources, we are talking about a memorandum of understanding in 2021.