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said the Prime Minister, Shmygal. Goals should be: double exports, cut imports by two thirds, and expand mineral processing. He said, Ukraine should aim to be a full partner of the EU in the extraction and processing of critical raw materials, rather than a “raw material donor.”

 At yesterday’s EU-Ukraine forum, Matti Maasikas, EU Ambassador to Ukraine, told reporters that:  “Our common carbon-free future requires the widespread use of electric cars, wind turbines, solar panels and energy storage facilities.” He said about the new need for strategic materials in the 2020s: “This technological shift depends on reliable access to the critical raw materials used for these devices.”