• disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Nah, Trump got what he wanted, the minerals deal. Now he can keep sanctions on China for longer while we strip mine Ukraine for rare earth minerals.

    • TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee
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      3 days ago

      Lol, we aren’t going to be mining anything. Rare earth minerals aren’t rare because they’re only located in isolated places, they’re rare because they are only present in small amounts when mining other materials.

      The hard part is the refining of rare earth minerals because it requires large investments in refineries to separate the materials and consolidate them. Infrastructure that Ukraine or America haven’t invested in.

      The minerals deal is just something that trump can point to as a “win” when in reality it’s not worth anything. Just like everything this administration does, it’s nothing but smoke and mirrors.

      • frezik@midwest.social
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        3 days ago

        Ukraine doesn’t even have significant rare earth deposits. Nothing worth mining.

        However, those aren’t the only thing in the deal. Bunch of other minerals are in there, and oil and natural gas.

    • torrentialgrain@lemm.ee
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      3 days ago

      Bro the US isn’t going to mine shit in an active war zone. The mineral deal might be beneficial if peace is reached but not before that.

      • Cethin@lemmy.zip
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        3 days ago

        If peace is reached and maintained. If Russia doesn’t get all of Ukraine, how long is it going to be until they invade again? No one is going to want to invest in building a mine with that hanging over it.

      • futatorius@lemm.ee
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        3 days ago

        Typical Trump deal: nothing substantial, but he loudly claims credit for it anyway.

    • BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca
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      3 days ago

      Honestly, from everything I’ve seen so far, the new mineral deal seems pretty good and fair.

      • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        3 days ago

        That depends on the deal actually being followed.

        Trump has zero intention of following through on any deal he makes, if he finds another option that is more beneficial to himself and himself alone, he will reneg on the deal in a microsecond.