"All responsibility for the possible bloodshed will lie fully and wholly with the ruling Ukrainian regime," Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a speech that aired in the early hours of February 24, 2022. Within minutes of the speech, missiles began raining down on Ukraine as the Russian juggernaut began its invasion....

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NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, Feb 19 (Reuters) - The Trump administration may seek to strike a simplified minerals deal with Ukraine to get a pact in place quickly and later negotiate detailed terms, such as how much of Ukraine's vast resources the U.S. would own, two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Wednesday....

·        A draft contract delivered to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reportedly entitles the U.S. to half of his country’s mineral wealth. Whether or not such a deal would prove historically onerous, it would likely not help America meaningfully untangle China’s chokehold on supply. ...

Vast estimated deposits of lithium, titanium and rare earths such as scandium have yet to be significantly developed...

US and European energy companies are at growing risk from a uranium supply crunch as demand surges for nuclear power to fuel everything from household electricity to data centres, industry figures have warned....

The president has announced deals, threats and promises in recent weeks focused on trillions of dollars’ worth of mineral and energy resources....

The US won’t repeat the mistakes of the Iraq War by failing to secure valuable resources from Ukraine in exchange for help ending Russia’s nearly three-year-old invasion, President Trump’s special envoy to the conflict exclusively told The Post....

China is weaponising its supply chains, but risks blowback if it goes too far...

The world’s largest mining project will begin production by the end of the year following decades of delays, Guinea’s mining minister told Semafor — with 5% of eventual revenues earmarked to expand the country’s education system....

The country’s minister of minerals and petroleum called out President Donald Trump and adviser Elon Musk at a major African mining conference Monday....

The Trump administration’s planned tariffs on Canada will harm the U.S. defense sector given Washington’s dependence on critical minerals from its northern neighbor, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) said in a new analysis. President Donald Trump has vowed to impose 25%......