Antimony prices soared 40% on Wednesday after China on Tuesday banned exports to the United States of several critical minerals. China enforced the existing limits on antimony, gallium, and germanium - critical minerals that have widespread military applications ahead of President-elect Donald Trump taking office next month. "In principle, the export of gallium, germanium, antimony, and superhard materials to the United States shall not be permitted," Chinese Commerce Ministry said. China is the world’s largest producer of antimony, accounting…

The Pentagon just got a painful wake-up call.Its stockpiles of crucial armaments are depleting at a record pace as the war in Ukraine drags on, and its poorly armed allies are even worse off. Intelligence officers in Germany said that the country has only two days’ worth of ammunition in case of a military threat.  In March 2024, the European Union allocated 500,000,000 Euros under the Act in Support of Ammunition Production (ASAP) to boost output capacity to 2 million shells annually by the end of 2025.But the Western militaries have…

Crude oil prices moved higher today after the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported an inventory decline of 5.1 million barrels for the week to November 29. The change compared with a build of 1.23 million barrels for the week, as estimated by the American Petroleum Institute a day earlier. It also compared with an EIA-estimated draw of 1.8 million barrels for the prior week. The authority also reported builds in fuel inventories for the period. In gasoline, the EIA estimated an inventory build of 2.4 million barrels for the final week…

El Gobierno de Argentina anunció hoy martes que impulsará una serie de modificaciones al régimen migratorio, cambios que implicarán, entre otras medidas, el fin de la gratuidad de atención médica para extranjeros en los hospitales públicos y la implementación de un arancel para estudiantes ext...

El Ministerio de Energía y Minas de Cuba reportó en la madrugada de este miércoles una nueva desconexión del Sistema Electroenergético Nacional (SEN). La entidad publicó en su perfil oficial de la red social X que “a las 2:08 de esta madrugada, se produjo la desconexión del Si...

La economista y profesora de la Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV), María Isabel Díaz, informó que realizó una investigación «exhaustiva» para averiguar los precios de los ingredientes que se utilizan para la realización de las hallacas para la temporada navideña. En...

Hungary, which continues to receive Russian natural gas via pipeline, has asked U.S. authorities to exempt Russia’s Gazprombank from the sanctions when payments for natural gas are processed, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Wednesday. “Yesterday we filed our request with the relevant American authorities that calls for Gazprombank being granted an exception from sanctions when it comes to payments for natural gas,” Szijjarto said at a briefing, as quoted by Reuters. Last month, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s…

Hungary, which continues to receive Russian natural gas via pipeline, has asked U.S. authorities to exempt Russia’s Gazprombank from the sanctions when payments for natural gas are processed, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Wednesday. “Yesterday we filed our request with the relevant American authorities that calls for Gazprombank being granted an exception from sanctions when it comes to payments for natural gas,” Szijjarto said at a briefing, as quoted by Reuters. Last month, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s…

Hungary, which continues to receive Russian natural gas via pipeline, has asked U.S. authorities to exempt Russia’s Gazprombank from the sanctions when payments for natural gas are processed, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Wednesday. “Yesterday we filed our request with the relevant American authorities that calls for Gazprombank being granted an exception from sanctions when it comes to payments for natural gas,” Szijjarto said at a briefing, as quoted by Reuters. Last month, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s…

Hungary, which continues to receive Russian natural gas via pipeline, has asked U.S. authorities to exempt Russia’s Gazprombank from the sanctions when payments for natural gas are processed, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Wednesday. “Yesterday we filed our request with the relevant American authorities that calls for Gazprombank being granted an exception from sanctions when it comes to payments for natural gas,” Szijjarto said at a briefing, as quoted by Reuters. Last month, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s…

Russia’s revenues from oil plunged by 21% in November compared to a year earlier as the international benchmark prices and the price of Russia’s flagship crude, Urals, fell last month amid concerns about global oil demand. In November, for a second month in a row, Russia’s oil revenues slumped from the comparable month in 2023, according to Bloomberg’s estimates based on official government data released on Wednesday. Russia has based its tax levies and calculations for November on an average price of the Urals grade of…

La embajada Rusia en Venezuela presentó el proyecto “Rusia Multinacional” en Caracas, con el objetivo de dar a conocer su rica diversidad cultural y las tradiciones que han sido transmitidas de generación en generación desde Crimea hasta Kamchatka. A través de su c...

Este martes arribó al país la delegación de niños, niñas y jóvenes del programa nacional Semillero Científico, quienes alcanzaron el primer lugar de la Olimpiada Mundial de Robótica que se celebró en la ciudad de Esmirna, Türkiye. Los tres jóvenes del equipo Robotics Dreamers, confo...

Thanks to a U.S. license for Spanish energy major Repsol to import Venezuelan crude, Spain’s crude oil imports from the South American country have hit this year the highest level since 2006, according to Spanish government data. So far this year, Spain has imported about 2.6 million metric tons of crude oil from Venezuela, per data from Spanish government agency Cores cited by Reuters. Back in 2006, Spain’s crude imports from Venezuela at this time of the year were roughly 2.7 million tons. Venezuela has boosted its crude oil exports…

Thanks to a U.S. license for Spanish energy major Repsol to import Venezuelan crude, Spain’s crude oil imports from the South American country have hit this year the highest level since 2006, according to Spanish government data. So far this year, Spain has imported about 2.6 million metric tons of crude oil from Venezuela, per data from Spanish government agency Cores cited by Reuters. Back in 2006, Spain’s crude imports from Venezuela at this time of the year were roughly 2.7 million tons. Venezuela has boosted its crude oil exports…

Este martes, se llevó a cabo el Encuentro Popular sobre el Uso Responsable y Crítico de las Redes Sociales en el estado La Guaira. En esta oportunidad, los comunicadores populares junto a la comunidad, debatieron sobre el uso responsable y crítico de las plataformas digitales, en el...

The High Court of South Africa has ruled that government plans for new coal-fired power capacity are unlawful as they violate the constitutional right to health. South Africa’s government has planned to seek 1.5 gigawatts (GW) of new coal-fired electricity capacity. But the plans have been challenged in court by activists who argued that new coal plants could lead to damages to public health. Upholding the challenge brought up by three environmental groups, the High Court says that the government plans and decisions to seek the procurement…

El Instituto Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología (Inameh), en su reporte matutino, detalló que, para este miércoles 4 de diciembre de 2024, se estiman zonas despejadas al alternar con cielo parcialmente nublado en gran parte del país.  

La vicepresidenta ejecutiva de la República, Delcy Rodríguez, afirmó que pese a las condiciones de agresión económica y las dificultades externas para concretar el intercambio de bienes y servicios, Venezuela es el país que más ha crecido en la región. Este martes, durante la presen...

04-12-24.-El precio del dólar en el Banco Central de Venezuela (BCV) se cotizó este martes 03 de diciembre 2024 en Bs.47,85 por unidad según la última actualización en su página web oficial y redes sociales. El euro se cotizó en...