The Responsible Mining Index, launched in Geneva on Wednesday, assesses the policies and practices of 30 large companies that produce 25 percent of mined commodities, from gold to copper and coal, operating in more than 40 countries.

The subject of the country’s reserves became particularly heated during the years of the sovereign debt crisis.

In 2017, the kingdom created DANAT, the Bahrain Institute for Pearls & Gemstones.

The uranium from which the yellowcake was derived was originally extracted from the Saghand mine.

Despite analysts predicting that sanctions against Oleg Deripaska may cause a turmoil in the mining world, Kinross made an effort today to stand clear from such possibility.

The first casualties of Deripaska's inclusion on the U.S. Treasury's sanction list announced on Friday have been the share prices of EN+ and Rusal.

There are signs that the stalled $5 billion project could be reactivated.

Deripaska is the main owner of the conglomerate EN+, which in turn is the co-owner of some of the world's biggest metals producers.