Russia is ready to offer the US 650 million tons of rare earth metals from Russian subsoil, The Moscow Times reports. “The Americans need rare earth metals. We have a lot of them,” said Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov. He also mentioned “broad prospects for trade, economic, and investment cooperation” between the countries. According to Peskov, the Russian authorities have certain plans for the development of strategic resources and are ready to cooperate in this area. “We will be open to joint projects when the moment comes for political will to be demonstrated on the issue of mineral development,” Peskov added.