July 14, 2023 Trade body considers calling for EU ban on Russian aluminum, but not Rusal The EU has so far restricted imports of only a limited number of specific aluminum products from Russia.
July 11, 2023 Countries repatriating gold in wake of sanctions against Russia, study finds An Invesco survey showed a "substantial share" of central banks were concerned by the precedent that had been set.
July 11, 2023 Russia, other BRICS nations planning new gold-backed currency The Russian Embassy in Kenya declared that "the BRICS countries are planning to introduce a new trading currency, which will be backed by gold.”
July 10, 2023 Move away from Russian metal saps Indian, Chinese stocks in LME system Higher percentages of on-warrant Russian aluminum in LME-registered warehouses suggest consumers and traders are avoiding Russian metal even though it is not sanctioned.
June 29, 2023 Polymetal says re-domiciling will not happen until July 31 at earliest The gold and silver producer would not complete its re-domiciling from Jersey to Kazakhstan on schedule.
June 29, 2023 Bolivia taps China, Russia’s Rosatom in bid to unlock huge lithium riches The deals follow a similar agreement in January with giant Chinese battery maker CATL.
June 28, 2023 US sanctions gold firms suspected of funding Wagner Group The country slapped sanctions on four companies located in the United Arab Emirates, Central African Republic and Russia.
June 28, 2023 French minister to push €1 billion uranium deal on trip to Mongolia President Emmanuel Macron has said Japan and France will work together to boost French energy sovereignty through the supply of critical metals from Mongolia.
June 22, 2023 Polyus board decides against keeping London GDR, ADR listings Washington last month included Polyus and Polymetal's Russian business on its list of sanctions targets.
June 18, 2023 New study quantifies violations of Indigenous peoples’ rights by extractive industries Ten universities joined forces to conduct the largest quantitative analysis to date of the violations of Indigenous peoples’ rights by extractive and industrial developments.
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