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Following a 16-year high at the end of January 2024, the price of uranium has gradually decreased. At present, there appears to be no immediate catalyst for a rapid increase in prices.
On January 30, 2024, the price of uranium reached $106 per pound, its highest point since November 2007, which was...

By Rhod Mackenzie

According to data from investment bank Goldman Sachs, the discount on the price of Russian oil to the Brent benchmark has decreased to nearly zero in recent weeks, after previously exceeding $30 per barrel. However, the discount on the purchase of the popular Russian Urals brand...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The surge in low-cost imports from China, known as the 'China shock', had a significant impact on the global economy in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Economists predict that a similar phenomenon could occur again in the near future.

To boost economic growth, China is increasi...

By Rhod Mackenzie

In his address to the Federal Assembly, the Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that if the Russian economy continues to develop as dynamically as it did last year, it will soon become the fourth largest economy in the world in terms of GDP at purchasing power parity. This go...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The new US sanctions will cause the already closed grey fleet that transports Russian oil to become even more restricted, further disrupting the global tanker market. and causing more chaos in the already chaoic sector.

The number of tankers in the grey fleet, which carries san...

By Rhod Mackenzie

The economic weight of the European Union and the euro area in the world has been declining for the last three decades. Events since 2019 have intensified this trend, and the sanctions against Russia, which have boomeranged on Europe itself, are making the trend downwards totally...