{"id":50878,"date":"2025-08-08T18:49:34","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T13:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=50878"},"modified":"2025-08-09T12:16:47","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T06:46:47","slug":"india-russia-rare-earth-industrial-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/08-08-2025\/india-russia-rare-earth-industrial-cooperation","title":{"rendered":"India-Russia: Industrial Cooperation &amp; Extraction of Rare Earth Minerals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS2\/International Relation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/editorial-analysis\/04-08-2025\/india-russia-partnership-mea\">India and Russia<\/a> have reaffirmed their strategic partnership with a renewed focus on industrial cooperation, particularly in the extraction of rare earth minerals and critical resources, amid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/31-07-2025\/us-imposes-25-percent-tariff-on-india-exports\">US\u2019s escalated pressure on India\u2019s oil trade with Russia<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fff2cc\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>US\u2019s Tariff &amp; Trade<\/strong><br>&#8211; The European Union (EU) imported $39.1 billion worth of Russian goods in 2024, including $25.2 billion in oil, while the US itself purchased $3.3 billion in strategic materials from Russia.<br>&#8211; India imported Russian oil \u2014 $52.7 billion in 2024 \u2014 second only to China\u2019s $62.6 billion, despite pressure from the US.<br>&#8211; The <strong>USA has<\/strong> <strong>avoided targeting China<\/strong> because of its leverage over critical materials such as gallium, germanium, rare earths, and graphite, which are vital for defence and technology.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/31-07-2025\/us-imposes-25-percent-tariff-on-india-exports\"><strong>Implications of US Tariffs on India<\/strong><\/a><br>&#8211; Exports to the U.S. could drop by 40\u201350%, especially in non-exempt categories.<br>&#8211; Competitors like Vietnam and Bangladesh face lower tariffs, putting Indian goods at a disadvantage.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Indo-Russian Cooperation in Rare Earth Minerals<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Need:<\/strong> Rare Earth Elements (REEs) are essential for modern technologies \u2014 electric vehicles, wind turbines, semiconductors, and defence systems.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Recent export restrictions by China, which <strong>controls 85\u201395% of global supply,<\/strong> have disrupted India\u2019s automobile production and exposed vulnerabilities in its supply chain.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To counter this, India and Russia are:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Exploring joint ventures in rare earth and critical mineral extraction.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Focusing on underground coal gasification and modern industrial infrastructure.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Advancing technology transfer and capacity building in mining equipment and exploration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Expanding Industrial Cooperation<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <strong>11th Session of the India-Russia Working Group on Modernisation and Industrial Cooperation<\/strong>, held in New Delhi, covered a wide range of sectors:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Aerospace Science &amp; Technology:<\/strong> Plans for a modern wind tunnel, small aircraft piston engines, and joint R&amp;D in carbon fibre, additive manufacturing, and 3D printing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Aluminium, Fertilizers, &amp; Railway Transport:<\/strong> Enhanced engagement and technology sharing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Waste Management:<\/strong> Industrial and domestic waste solutions were also discussed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The meeting concluded with the signing of a protocol reaffirming the strategic partnership and shared commitment to deepen economic ties.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Scientific Collaboration<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>India\u2019s CSIR-IMMT<\/strong> signed<strong> Joint Declarations of Intent<\/strong> with <strong>Russia\u2019s Giredmet and Rosatom<\/strong> to:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Advance critical mineral processing technologies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Promote sustainable resource development.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Support India\u2019s goals under Atmanirbhar Bharat and Viksit Bharat initiatives.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#ebecf0\"><tbody><tr><td><strong><em>For More Details On Indo-Russian Cooperation, Refer to: <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/15-04-2025\/india-russia-relations-78-years-diplomatic-ties\"><em>https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/15-04-2025\/india-russia-relations-78-years-diplomatic-ties<\/em><\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/business\/india-russia-discuss-rare-earth-mineral-extraction-us-tariffs-oil-trade-10175015\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source: IE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h2>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">India and Russia have reaffirmed their strategic partnership with a renewed focus on industrial cooperation, particularly in the extraction of rare earth minerals and critical resources, amid US\u2019s escalated pressure on India\u2019s oil trade with Russia.\u00a0\n<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Indo-Russian Cooperation in Rare Earth Minerals<\/strong><\/h3>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Need: Rare Earth Elements (REEs) are essential for modern technologies \u2014 electric vehicles, wind turbines, semiconductors, and defence systems.\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Recent export restrictions by China, which controls 85\u201395% of global supply, have disrupted India\u2019s automobile production and exposed vulnerabilities in its supply chain.\n<\/li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/08-08-2025\/india-russia-rare-earth-industrial-cooperation\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-sm float-end\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":50937,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/08\/india-russia-rare-earth-industrial-cooperation.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50878"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50894,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50878\/revisions\/50894"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}