Scientists and NGOs are asking Ottawa to ban the activity,as the country hosts an international marine conservation summit that kicks off on Friday in Vancouver.
State-controlled VTB Bank said it sold 33.8 tonnes of gold bars to customers in 2022, with clients holding 50 billion roubles ($711 million) of the metal.
Christopher Cline was the founder of St. Louis, Missouri-based coal miner Foresight Energy LP, a joint venture with Robert Murray’s Murray Energy Corp.
The commodity’s rally has been so strong it’s triggering warnings that the gains have taken the market beyond fundamental drivers and prices are likely set for a pullback.
In the past 23 years, Banro Corp. had its Congo gold assets seized, got them back, built two mines, closed one after attacks by militants and sought bankruptcy protection.