MINING.COM MINUTE: Biggest stories of the week

Gemfields said in a statement that "groups associated with the illegal mining and trading of rubies have taken advantage of the political unrest".

Solar capacity around the world was rolled out at a record pace, as bargain panel prices helped countries deploy cleaner energy.

Gold has hit successive records this year and is set to close 2024 more than 25% higher.

At Monday's close, Russia's largest gold producer was the most expensive of all blue-chip stocks on the Moscow Exchange.