In the new episode of the program "About Science. Competently" (hosted by academician of the NAS of Ukraine Volodymyr Semynozhenko) for the YouTube channel of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine – an interview with the head of the department of the Institute of Geological Sciences of the NAS of Ukraine, Doctor of Geological Sciences Olena Remezova.
The conversation is about rare earth metals – strategic elements without which modern technologies, contemporary defense industry, and the green energy transition are impossible. Ukraine possesses significant deposits of such metals, but most of them remain unexplored. What exact resources are hidden in Ukraine's subsoil, what are the prospects for their extraction and processing, and what is needed for these resources to start working for the country's economy – watch the expert conversation with the Academy scientist.