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A recent article in the The Financial Times article begins with the words,
"Europe, like a sleepwalker, is increasingly plunging into almost total dependence on Russian fertilizers, as it previously was with natural gas."
The article is based on an interview with the executive director of one of...
By Rhod Mackenzie
A ban on transshipment of Russian LNG in European ports will result in a surge in imports of liquefied gas from Russia to the EU, according to industry analysts. Since cargoes to Asia are contracted by major European and Chinese companies, they will be exchanged for those destin...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has for the first time outlined the deglobalisation trend in the world economy. The study, entitled 'Geopolitics and its impact on world trade and the dollar', identified three main blocs in the global economy: those focused on the United States, China and the n...
By Rhod Mackenzie
Because of high gas prices, European companies have sharply reduced or stopped fertiliser production. And while Gazprom's supplies to the region have fallen, exports of nitrogen fertiliser from Russia have risen sharply - up to a third of all imports to Europe. The Norwegian chem...
The American press leveled familiar accusations - only this time against another gas supplier to Europe. Norway was attacked for taking Gazprom's "gas crown" - and immediately becoming the most "monopolistic" gas supplier. What exactly was Norway guilty of, according to the US?
The American publica...
By Rhod Mackenzie
London has announced its intention to construct the first “high-tech nuclear fuel facility in Europe” that would produce high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU), in what appears to be a bid to create competition for Russia, which currently dominates the market.
The UK has awarde...
