By John Helmer in Moscow South Africa’s Foreign Minister, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, said there has been a breakthrough in negotiations with the Russian government over terms for the Russian space agency to launch a South African communications satellite. She said she hopes to “see the launch of the satellite by the end of this year.” Dlamini-Zuma […]

by John Helmer - Friday, May 23rd, 2008
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By John Helmer in Moscow Volatility in Uralkali share price is no sign of change in value. A month ago, when Mineweb reported that the spot price of potash had cleared the $1,000-tonne threshold and was continuing to rise, the Russian stock market reacted by lifting the share price of lead potash producer, Uralkali (ticker […]

by John Helmer - Friday, May 23rd, 2008
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News analysis in Business Day, Johannesburg By John Helmer in Moscow A campaign of smears and innuendo linking Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to powerful Russian oil interests, launched last week by a newspaper in London, has drawn a withering counter-attack by Gennady Timchenko, controlling shareholder of Gunvor, and one of the leading oil traders […]

by John Helmer - Friday, May 23rd, 2008
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