Russia

Metal

Putin Orders Government to Provide Plan to Develop Rare Earths by November

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Friday that he has directed the government to prepare a program for the development of rare earth metals, with a d…

Uranium Project

Russia’s Rosatom Starts Development of Uranium Deposit in Eastern Siberia

Rosatom, Russia’s state-owned nuclear energy corporation, announced the start of development at the Shirondukuyskoye uranium deposit in eastern Siberia. T…

Oil Refinery

India’s Biggest Refiner Buys US, Middle East Crude as Trump Slams Russia Purchases

Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), India's largest refiner, has secured 7 million barrels of crude oil from the United States, Canada, and the Middle East for Se…

Estonia

AS TREF Nord to Construct Estonia’s Soodevahe Junction

AS TREF Nord has been awarded a €38.8 million ($44.2 million) contract by Rail Baltic Estonia to construct the Soodevahe traffic junction in Estonia. This …

Hydropower Plant

Rushydro Commissions Largest Hydropower Station in Chechnya

RusHydro has successfully completed and launched the 10MW Tower Hydroelectric Power Station in the Chechen Republic, marking it as the largest hydroelectric fac…

Russian

Russian Fertilizer Producers Target 25% Global Market Share by 2030, Lobby Group Says

On Thursday, Andrei Guryev, head of the Russian Fertilizer Producers Association, informed President Vladimir Putin that Russian fertilizer producers aim to rai…

Uranium Project

Modernisation of Zelenogorsk Uranium Enrichment Production Completed

The Electrochemical Plant in Zelenogorsk, Russia, finalized a six-year modernization, installing advanced generation 9+ gas centrifuges. Managed by Rosatom&rsqu…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Kalinin’s First Unit Gets 19-Year Life Extension

Russia’s nuclear regulator, Rostekhnadzor, has granted an operating license extension for Unit 1 of the Kalinin nuclear power plant in the Tver region, ap…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Russia to Accelerate New Nuclear Plant in Its Far East

A roadmap has been established for the selection, construction, and commissioning of two VVER-1000 nuclear power units in Russia’s Primorsky Krai by 2035.…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Uzbekistan Studying Option of a Four-Unit VVER-1000 Plant

Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, has signed an agreement with Uzbekistan’s Uzatom Atomic Energy Agency to assess the feasibility of cons…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Kazakhstan Selects Rosatom for First Nuclear Power Plant

Kazakhstan’s Atomic Energy Agency has selected Russia’s Rosatom to lead an international consortium for building the nation’s first nuclear po…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Russia’s Rosatom, China’s CNNC to Lead Consortiums to Build First Nuclear Power Plants in Kazakhstan

On Saturday, Kazakhstan's atomic energy agency announced that Russia’s Rosatom and China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) will lead separate consor…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Westinghouse Fuel Arrives at Temelin Nuclear Power Plant

The Czech Republic has received its first shipment of 30 fuel assemblies for the Temelín nuclear power plant from Westinghouse, transitioning from its pr…

Metal

Rosneft Acquires Tomtor Rare Earth Deposit in Russia

Rosneft, a major Russian oil company, has fully acquired Vostok Engineering, the operator of the Tomtor rare earth metal deposit in northern Yakutia, Siberia, a…

Nuclear Equipment

First RITM-400 Reactor Unit Manufactured for New Generation Icebreaker

The first RITM-400 reactor unit has been completed for the Rossiya, a Project 10510 nuclear-powered icebreaker under construction near Vladivostok, eastern Russ…