Russian Cabinet of Ministers has updated the basic list of strategic mineral raw materials, initially was approved by the Russian government in 1996, to include phosphates, helium and rare earth metals. Russian government said “The Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia, together with the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia, the Ministry of Industry & Trade of Russia, the Ministry of Defense of Russia, the Ministry of Energy of Russia, the Ministry of Finance of Russia, the Federal Reserve Agency, the State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom, to ensure the preparation and submission to the government of the Russian Federation of a proposal to update the list approved by this order, at least once three years.”The updated list includes helium, phosphates, zinc, rare and rare earth metals like yttrium, lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium, lutetium and potassium salts, underground water, graphite, fluorspar.Also on the list are oil, natural gas, uranium, manganese, chromium, titanium, bauxite, copper, lead, antimony, tin, nickel, molybdenum, tungsten, cobalt, rare earth metals like lithium, rubidium, cesium, beryllium, scandium and gold, silver, platinoids like ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium, platinum and diamonds, extra pure quartz raw materials.
Russian Cabinet of Ministers has updated the basic list of strategic mineral raw materials, initially was approved by the Russian government in 1996, to include phosphates, helium and rare earth metals. Russian government said “The Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia, together with the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia, the Ministry of Industry & Trade of Russia, the Ministry of Defense of Russia, the Ministry of Energy of Russia, the Ministry of Finance of Russia, the Federal Reserve Agency, the State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom, to ensure the preparation and submission to the government of the Russian Federation of a proposal to update the list approved by this order, at least once three years.”The updated list includes helium, phosphates, zinc, rare and rare earth metals like yttrium, lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium, lutetium and potassium salts, underground water, graphite, fluorspar.Also on the list are oil, natural gas, uranium, manganese, chromium, titanium, bauxite, copper, lead, antimony, tin, nickel, molybdenum, tungsten, cobalt, rare earth metals like lithium, rubidium, cesium, beryllium, scandium and gold, silver, platinoids like ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium, platinum and diamonds, extra pure quartz raw materials.
