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By John Helmer in Moscow Market reports that Smolensk Kristall refused last month to buy rough from Alrosa have been denied by Alrosa. According to sources in Alrosa, the Russian state diamond company, Kristall proposed a 20% discount on purchases of Alrosa’s current rough price. Alrosa refused to supply, claiming that its pricing is in […]

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By John Helmer in Moscow Government officials refuse to provide details of the order to reopen an investigation into the two-year old collapse of Uralkali’s Mine-1 at Berezeniki. Uralkali, meanwhile, fears that a scheme of renationalization may have been started, targeting a takeover of Uralkali from its current shareholders. According to an Interfax wire service […]