March 5, 2025

Polyus reports record earnings in 2024 on higher gold price

The Russian gold miner beat production guidance to record a 7% increase to 3 million ounces in 2024.

March 4, 2025

Zelenskiy pledges to ‘make things right’ with US as minerals deal remains uncertain

Four sources told Reuters that the Trump administration and Ukraine plan to sign a deal giving the U.S. access to Ukrainian minerals in return for military aid.

March 4, 2025

Trump hopes to announce Ukraine deal in address to Congress

Reuters sources say the Trump administration and Ukraine are planning to sign the minerals deal on Tuesday.

March 4, 2025

Russia will decide on potential further Alrosa diamond purchases after Q2

The country resumed regular diamond purchases from Alrosa for the state fund last year.

March 3, 2025

UK sees Ukraine mineral deal as insufficient US security promise

“The mineral deal is not enough on its own,” UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday.

March 2, 2025

Fourth-largest gold producer due for IPO

Navoi's IPO was originally slated for 2022 or 2023, but the market-chilling effect of the conflict in Ukraine put paid to that timetable.

February 28, 2025

Trump, Zelenskiy nix minerals deal

Mineral rights and security agreement cancelled at the White House on Friday after a news conference degenerated into a rare spectacle of raised voices and name-calling.

February 28, 2025

As Trump and Zelenskiy clash, Ukraine minerals bonanza remains distant prospect

Turning Ukraine's reserves of lithium and rare earths into operating mines and constructing processing facilities is a mammoth undertaking, experts say.

February 28, 2025

Column: Critical minerals take centre stage in world politics

Critical metals have become the new bargaining chip on the geopolitical card table.

February 28, 2025

Alrosa reports full-year profit slump of 77.3%

Diamond reserves for the year rose to 129.9 billion roubles, Alrosa said, up from 84.3 billion roubles at the end of 2023.