The total reserves of rare metals in Russia today are 658 million tons. This is stated in the message of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation.
“these reserves are enough both with the current needs of the Russian economy and for the long term,” follows from the message.
rare metals include 14 types: lithium, rubidium, cesium, beryllium, Scandium, India, Galli, Germany, zirconium, gaphnia, vanadium, niobium, tantal, rosen. In addition, there is a group of rare -earth metals, which includes 15 types.
As for the group of rare earth metals (RMZ), their balance supplies are 28.5 million tons.
“It should be noted that the group of rare -earth metals includes 15 minerals (Samaria, Ittri, Lutius, imbalance, Golmius, Erbius, Prazeimi, Tulia, Lantan, Ceria, Itterbius, Tower, Neoshi, Gadolinia, European, Corpus), and peritations), and peritations), and occupying) All deposits are complex. Ruda.
On the eve of Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting on the development of the industry of rare and rare -earth metals, said that the country plans to increase the release of new materials based on RNM.
Putin also said that Russia is ready to invite foreign partners, including American ones, to joint work on rare earth metals. “We, of course, have an order of magnitude, I want to emphasize this, an order of magnitude more resources of this kind than in Ukraine. Russia is one of the unconditional leaders in the reserves of these rare and rare earth metals. We also have them in the north in Murmansk. The Caucasus and in Kabardino-Balkaria, in the Far East, in the Irkutsk region, in Yakutia, in Tylyu Investments, capital -intensive projects, we would love to work together with any foreign partners, including American ones, ”said the head of state.