{"id":128784,"date":"2025-03-05T22:55:19","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T19:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/128784\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"officials-discuss-rare-earths-exploration-on-lukasenkas-command","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/128784\/","title":{"rendered":"Officials discuss rare earths exploration on \u0141uka\u0161enka&#8217;s command"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>March 5, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Nature officials in Belarus have brainstormed ideas for finding rare earths after Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka instructed the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection to address the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Siarhiej Ma\u015blak said: &#8220;We associate certain prospects for identifying these elements and metals with the crystalline basement within the boundaries of the Homiel region&#8217;s \u017dytkavi\u010dy district and the Hrodna region&#8217;s \u0160\u010du\u010dyn and Hrodna districts.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said the ministry is preparing the Subsoil Assets (Rus.: Nedra) program for 2026-2030. Officials plan to review its draft &#8220;based on the results of the first quarter of 2025.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0141uka\u0161enka&#8217;s instruction came after the United States expressed interest in Ukraine&#8217;s rare earths during peace diplomacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;You have not thought about it yet,&#8221; the Belarusian ruler told officials. &#8220;There are not many of them in the ground. Maybe we have as many as others?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u042d\u043a\u043e\u043d\u043e\u043c\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u042d\u043a\u043e\u043d\u043e\u043c\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">\u0141uka\u0161enka tells natural resources ministry to search for rare earths<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">March 4, Pozirk. Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka has instructed the Belarusian Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection to search for rare earths, his press office reported. &quot;They say that we have rare-earth minerals in our dumps. We need to explore the &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/128596\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 5, Pozirk. Nature officials in Belarus have brainstormed ideas for finding rare earths after Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka instructed the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection to address the issue. Minister Siarhiej Ma\u015blak said: &#8220;We associate certain prospects for identifying these elements and metals with the crystalline basement within the boundaries of the Homiel region&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":128760,"template":"","rubric":[21,16],"class_list":["post-128784","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-economy","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Officials discuss rare earths exploration on \u0141uka\u0161enka&#039;s command | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"March 5, Pozirk. 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