October 20, masked men, who introduced themselves as people from the Security Service of Ukraine, have trashed the office of Carpathian Mining Company in the Zakarpattia village of Muzhievo as well as the apartment of the Company director in Kyiv and in Beregovo. A group of strangers have not provided any valid explanation for seizing mining information and the special permit for the exploration o…

Kyiv hosted a two-day Ukraine and the World in the New Economic Reality forum. World famous economists, leading Ukrainian and foreign specialists, businessmen and politicians participated in discussion panels as part of the international event. Prospects and investment attractiveness of Ukraine were among the key issues during panel and round-table discussions of the forum. “Ukraine is chang…

Lithium has been the dominant battery material for some time, but it's an imperfect one. Such batteries are not without disadvantages. The cobalt and lithium used in them aren’t particularly abundant and there is a risk of fire or explosion because lithium batteries contain a flammable organic electrolyte. In an effort to resolve these issues, scientists have been conducting research to find a dif…

According to Bank of America Merrill Lynch analysts, the precious metal price is set to jump to a four-year high at the beginning of 2018. The yellow metal’s climb began in the last days of August, when a weaker dollar pushed it above the $1,300-per-ounce mark. Then gold hit a 10-month high, jumping 1,4 percent to reach $1,326, and it was the highest level since the US election. As Mihir Kap…

(Repeats with no changes. The opinions expressed here are those of the author, a columnist for Reuters) * LME zinc call options: tmsnrt.rs/2fYeZft By Andy Home LONDON, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Zinc on Monday morning hit a fresh decade high of $3,180.50 per tonne on the London Metal Exchange (LME). Zinc bulls have been waiting a long, long time for this moment. A slow-fuse narrative of a loom…