Putin orders government to provide plan to develop rare earths by November

FILE PHOTO: Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Vice Chairman of China's National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee Li Hongzhong on the sidelines of Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia, September 4, 2025. Sputnik/Vladimir Smirnov/Pool via REUTERS/File photo

VLADIVOSTOK (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday he had ordered the government to present a programme for the development of rare earth metals no later than November.

Putin made the comments in his opening remarks at the plenary session of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok.