伦敦——一名美国高级官员向路透社表示，美乌联合重建投资基金敲定了首笔关键矿产交易以及另外四个新项目。
LONDON - The joint US-Ukrainian reconstruction investment fund has sealed its first critical minerals deal alongside four other new projects, one of its top US officials told Reuters.
该基金根据两国在美国总统唐纳德·特朗普推动下于2025年4月签署的矿产协议而成立，聚焦矿产、国防、能源和基础设施等五大战略领域。
The fund, established as part of the minerals pact the two countries signed in April 2025 following a push by US President Donald Trump, is focused on five strategic sectors from minerals and defence to energy and infrastructure.
美国国际开发金融公司（DFC）投资主管康纳·科尔曼表示，该基金旗下项目的总规模目前约为7000万美元（8900万新元），体现了华盛顿在乌克兰对俄长期战争中对基辅的支持。
Conor Coleman, head of investments at the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), said the fund’s projects now total around US$70 million (S$89 million) and showed Washington’s support for Kyiv in the long-running war with Russia.
“现在进行投资对乌克兰人民来说至关重要，”科尔曼在采访中说。他提到，乌克兰在又一个冬季来临之际仍持续遭到破坏。
“It’s absolutely imperative for the Ukrainian people that we’re investing now,” Coleman said in an interview, referring to the ongoing damage to Ukraine as it faces another winter.
这笔备受期待的首笔矿产交易将向一个“合资投资平台”注资约3000万美元，合作方是BGV集团。该公司由亨纳迪·布特克维奇创立，后者是乌克兰最大连锁超市ATB的亿万富翁共同所有人。
The long-anticipated first minerals deal will inject roughly US$30 million into a “joint investment platform” with BGV Group, a firm founded by Hennadii Butkevych, the billionaire co-owner of Ukraine’s largest supermarket chain ATB.
科尔曼表示，该平台最初将聚焦乌克兰各地的早期采矿项目，目标是开发稀土、铀、铍和锆矿床。
Coleman said it would initially focus on early-stage mining projects across Ukraine and target rare earths, uranium, beryllium and zirconium deposits.
“这些矿产均被列入美国关键矿产清单，因此与美国政府希望优先推进的工作高度契合，”科尔曼说。
“They are all on the US critical minerals list, so it ties in very well with what we’re looking to do from a (US) administration priority (standpoint),” Coleman said.
电力项目：10月2日公布的另外两个新项目旨在加强乌克兰的电力和供暖网络，以应对俄罗斯在冬季来临前对关键基础设施的攻击升级。
Power projects Two of the other new projects announced on Oct 2 aim to shore up Ukraine’s power and heating networks after a rise in Russian attacks on key infrastructure ahead of winter.
科尔曼表示，其中一个项目将在DFC刚刚同意向乌克兰最大私营能源企业DTEK提供的近1亿美元贷款基础上再增加资金，用于建设一套新的电池系统，为大约60万户乌克兰家庭提供最长两小时的备用电力。该项目还将“在发生损失时获得资金支持”。
Coleman said one would add to the near US$100 million the DFC has just agreed to lend Ukraine’s largest private energy company DTEK for a new battery system that will provide backup power to approximately 600,000 Ukrainian homes for up to two hours. The project will also have “access to capital if damages arise”.
该基金还将持有一家热电联产平台的股份。该平台旨在帮助建设并运营若干“能源枢纽”，以恢复家庭受损的电力和供热。科尔曼还表示，该基金正在寻求更多资本，以扩大其投资规模。
The fund will also take an equity stake in a combined heat and power co-generation platform designed to help build and run off a number of “energy hubs” aimed at restoring damaged electricity and heat supplies to households. Coleman also said the fund was looking for more capital to increase its capacity.