Kateryna Honcharova

5 days ago | newsukraine.rbc.ua | Kateryna Honcharova |Oleksandra Bashchenko

Ukraine has good prospects of entering the American markets with titanium since the country is one of the few in Europe capable of extracting it. Currently, only Norway is engaged in this process. Titanium has many fields of application, and products made from it are expensive. Also, titanium ores contain scandium and vanadium. As Remezova explained, scandium is present in the alloys used by Americans to produce F-16 and F-35 aircraft.

5 days ago | newsukraine.rbc.ua | Kateryna Honcharova |Vladyslava Kovalenko

Rare earth metals are a group of 17 chemical elements, including both heavy and light lanthanides and scandium. Despite their name, they are not extremely rare, but they occur in low concentrations in nature, which makes their extraction challenging. Their main value lies in their critical importance for modern technologies, particularly in environmentally friendly manufacturing, defense industries, and electronics. Ukraine has promising deposits of rare earth resources.

5 days ago | newsukraine.rbc.ua | Kateryna Honcharova |Oleksandra Bashchenko

Ukraine's cooperation with the United States in the extraction of rare earth metals can be an important step for the development of the national economy. In addition to obtaining advanced technologies for the operational exploration of deposits, Ukraine will be able to start working following international standards for calculating reserves.

5 days ago | newsukraine.rbc.ua | Kateryna Honcharova |Oleksandra Bashchenko

Most of the rare earth minerals found in Ukraine are concentrated in the Azov region, and partially in the north and center of Ukraine. There are a number of deposits in the central Ukrainian zone, such as Azovske, Pokrovsko-Kyreivske, Petrovo-Hnutivske, and Mazurivske. Some of them are occupied by Russian invaders. “They are promising and contain a whole range of rare elements, including rare earths,” said Olena Remezova. She added that the Shevchenkivske lithium deposit is also under occupation.

6 days ago | newsukraine.rbc.ua | Kateryna Honcharova |Vladyslava Kovalenko

Ukraine possesses a rare type of rock called labradorite. It is so rare that it can only be found in Scandinavia, and Europe has to buy it from Ukraine. In an interview with RBC-Ukraine, Elena Remezova, Doctor of Sciences in Geology, Chief of Mineral Deposits Geology Department of the Institute of Geological Sciences of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, shared this information.