President Donald Trump has said he expected Volodymyr Zelensky to sign a deal in Washington on Friday to explore Ukraine's mineral resources to pay for U.S. military aid to defend against Russia's ...

In May 2025, when US and Ukraine discussed the “minerals-for-aid” deal, Moscow pointed out the obvious: Russia’s rare-earth reserves dwarf Ukraine’s. By December, elements of that argument had crept ...

About a decade after he bought a shuttered rare earths mine that was, literally, partially underwater, MP Materials CEO James Litinsky has transformed his business into a pivotal player in America's ...