By James Tweedie
Peter Arkell, the chairman of the Global Mining Association of China who has been running a consulting business in the PRC for almost 20 years, said that Beijing's restrictions on the export of rare earth metals were a predictable response to Washington's trade war.
China's curbs...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The Russian economy has withstood the test of the sanctions imposed by the West after the start of a special operation to protect Donbass and has demonstrated its strength. This was reported by The Wall Street Journal on August 2 , citing various sources.
It is noted that "the...
By Peter Earle
From August 22 through 24th, there will be a meeting of the BRICS ( Brazil,Russia,India,China and South Africa) plus another group of around 20 nations which would like to join the group in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Among the likely topics of discussion is the feasibility of set...
By Rhod Mackenzie
For the first time, Gazprom Helium Service LLC has transported a batch of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to China via the Blagoveshchensk (RF) - Heihe (PRC) international road bridge, the company said.
Commercial LNG was produced at a small-tonnage natural gas liquefaction plant a...
By Rhod Mackenzie
The Ministers of the OPEC + Monitoring Committee (JMMC) during the upcoming meeting on August 4 are unlikely to adopt recommendations on changing production quotas, several members of the alliance polled by Interfax, who wished to remain anonymous, believe.
The meeting will tak...
By Igor Matveev
Against the backdrop of Western sanctions, the key task for Russia has become the search for alternative ways of approaching foreign economic activity, with the elimination of the linkage to the US dollar and euro, which had become quite “familiar” to most domestic economic operato...