The states of Central Asia are awash with oil, gas, and precious minerals. Yet in an era of shifting global markets and the inexorable march towards renewable energy...
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As Uzbekistan pivots towards western markets, the UK is taking its first small, but key steps towards positioning itself as a leading trade partner. The headline numbers...
Emerging Europe is rich in minerals but mining and processing them comes at an environmental and social cost. Countries must promote sustainable mining practices to grow...
Kazakhstan is a country rich in rare earth metals essential to a green energy transition, but its once-mighty scientific and technological research prowess has suffered...
The mining giant’s annual report also highlights success in reducing its environmental impact. Norilsk Nickel (Norickel), the world’s largest producer of palladium and...
Investors can now get access to commodities essential for the transition to electric vehicles. Global Palladium Fund, a metals distributor established by Russian base...
Serbia may be sitting on 10 per cent of the world’s lithium, but the country’s government this week decided it will stay in the ground. Anglo-Australian...
Plans to develop a lithium mine in western Serbia have provoked angry demonstrations amid increasing political tensions over pollution in the country. Thousands of Serbs...
The Armenian government is caught between a rock and a hard place as it tries to mediate between environmental activists and an international mining company. Last year...
Nornickel reemphasises its commitment to clean energy with launch of physically-backed carbon neutral nickel ETC. Norilsk Nickel’s Global Palladium Fund (GPF) has...
A new EU-Ukraine agreement focuses on the approximation of policy and regulatory mining frameworks, notably the application of environmental, social and governance (ESG)...
Consumer demand for clean, environmentally-friendly, carbon-neutral nickel is driving change and innovation at the world’s largest producer of the commodity, Norilsk...
Mining companies such as Norilsk Nickel have a key role to play in the sustainable development of the world’s northern territories, and the well-being of the...