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Sweden to lift parliamentary ban on uranium mining
Historically anti-nuclear Sweden has announced plans to dramatically increase its nuclear power production. Sweden’s climate minister Romina Pourmokhtari has announced plans to lift the country’s ban on […]
The value of the Russian ruble is decreasing
If you turn on Russian state TV today, you would be forgiven for thinking that the Russian economy is booming. A presenter on the Rossiya-24 channel did […]
Global food crisis could keep agricultural commodities afloat
One of the main drivers of agricultural commodity prices is the Black Sea Grain Deal, which Russia has abandoned. However, an even bigger picture is that of […]
No sign of cereal corridor extension in July
It has been a high-stakes poker game for Russia and Ukraine over the Black Sea grain corridor. If both nations decide to fold and walk away without […]
Total global silver demand reached record levels in 2022
All the greater demand for silver led to it reaching record levels in 2022. This drove total silver demand to a new peak of 1.242 billion ounces […]
Expansion of LNG terminals needed to keep prices down, says IMF
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that stabilizing liquefied natural gas (LNG) prices in the long term means building more LNG terminals to achieve market integration, […]
BRICS now bigger than G7
New world order: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) overtook the G7 countries in global GDP to become economically more powerful. This means that the […]
Russian domestic wheat prices have reached the lowest level since 2019
On March 29, 2023, the average Russian domestic third-grade wheat price in Russia dropped to RUB 11,550 (USD 147) according to SovEcon’s estimates. This is the lowest […]
Russian oil finds a wide-open back door to Europe
Middlemen make money when Russian crude oil finds indirect routes to the European market, argue politicians and industry insiders. In fact, it is a wide-open back door […]
