January 17, 2022 Key insights from the inaugural Future Minerals Forum in Riyadh The Future Minerals Forum recently heard Saudi Arabia is looking to invest its massive capital potential to not only develop its industry, from exploration to downstream battery metal processing.
December 29, 2021 Rosneft picks Vitol, Trafigura, Glencore as buyers of naphtha, diesel in 2022 Russian oil giant Rosneft has selected Vitol, Trafigura and Glencore as the main buyers for its light oil products.
December 27, 2021 Udokan Copper names new CEO Boris Slutskiy joins the company developing the Udokan copper deposit in the Zabaikalye Territory in Russia’s Far East.
December 27, 2021 Russia’s Severstal will need to pay $340m in extra taxes in 2022 The additional payment is due to changes in the calculation of a mineral extraction tax and the excise tax on steel.
December 26, 2021 Russia’s largest new copper deposit to be developed under UN Global Compact guidelines Udokan Copper, owned by Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov's holding firm USM, has joined the UN Global Compact.
December 22, 2021 ALROSA names diamond after folklore heroine to honor indigenous culture Kyndykan was a young girl who was miraculously found alive 200 years ago by Yakut hunters near the Verkhoyansk Mountains in an ancestral settlement completely wiped out by smallpox.
December 19, 2021 All 128 miners safely evacuated after incident at Russian mine Over 100 miners were evacuated from a Siberian coal mine after fire sensors were triggered.
December 19, 2021 Nornickel announces new methodology for calculating its carbon footprint Nornickel’s new methodology for calculating its carbon footprint is based on the from-cradle-to-gate principle.
December 7, 2021 Erdene gains key environment nod, begins early work at Bayan Khundii in Mongolia A formal construction decision is expected in early 2022.
November 30, 2021 Turquoise Hill okays Oyu Tolgoi $75m bridging budget Sum allows the miner to continue progressing critical activities at the underground expansion, but doesn’t guarantee further crucial investment will get approved.
Precious metals craze prompts China fund to turn away investors UBS SDIC Fund had become increasingly concerned that investors could be exposed to heavy losses should a record-breaking bull market suddenly turn. December 27, 2025 | 08:00 am
