Russia looks to China for hi-tech collaboration

Russia's shift from raw materials supply to high-end cooperation will take time

Article

UK factory weakness should prove short-lived

The manufacturing sector contracted in November, but prospects could be brighter

Summary

Transparency rules in the extractives sector are increasingly becoming the norm in the West

Article

After years of commodities-driven growth, Canada faces stiff economic headwinds

Article

Slower growth of the diesel vehicles sector will lift the price of palladium in the longer term

Article

Despite encouraging expectations, platinum has succumbed to the end of the commodity super cycle

Article

Putin cancels Russia-Ukraine trade zone and IMF declares Russian-owned Eurobond to be official soverign debt

Summary

Kazakhstan and China are strengthening their bilateral commercial ties with Astana suffering under low oil price

Summary

Continued over-dependence on commodities paints a gloomy picture for rapid recovery in the export sector

Summary

With Rio state's fiscal position hit by the fall in oil prices, any new taxes could have worrying knock-on effects

Summary