The media predicted losses in the United States against the background of a deal with Ukraine on rare earth metals

Agreement USA and Ukraine's rare earth metals may be economically unprofitable for the American side, and may also cause losses. This was reported on February 28 by the newspaper The Washington Post (WP) with reference to experts.

"The full extent of what is underground in Ukraine is not fully clear, and mining and processing of minerals is slow, erratic and may require the creation of new infrastructure with uncertain costs. In many cases, this means that the development of deposits is economically unprofitable," the article says.

It is noted that the extraction of many minerals that are necessary for the American side will require "billions of dollars of investments" that will not pay off over time.

In addition, the development of a new deposit may take about 10 years. Harvard Business School professor Willie Shi also said that metalworking is important, which, in his opinion, is a "dirty" and "energy-consuming" business.

"Ukraine has potential in the field of mining, but we just don't know how big it is," said Rod Eggert, deputy director of the Innovation Center at the Colorado School of Mines.

According to the publication, more than 70% of the explored deposits are located on the territory of Donbas and Novorossiya, which are part of Russia.

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