Russia Economy Thread

[pmc]

1000 ton Lithium this year. that will be expanded to 45000 ton per year in next several years. they seem confident on supply that first time EV bus outside testing.

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Project developers TD Khalmek and KHMS this year intend to extract up to 1,000 tons with subsequent processing at a facility operated by KHMS, the high-ranking official says.

By 2026, extraction will be expanded to 20,000 tons, Manturov makes clear in a

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The Polmostundra field is located northeast of the town of Lovozero in the central part of the Kola Peninsula.

It is the second lithium project now under development in the far northern region. From before, companies Nornickel and Rosatom plan a major joint venture at the Kolmozero field.

The two powerful companies in April 2022 signed an agreement on the joint development of the resources that are believed to hold as much as 75 million tons of lithium ore.

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[luminary]

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Russia set to mothball ruptured Nord Stream pipelines in a sign that Moscow has given up on Europe as a key buyer​

• Russia is set to seal up the damaged Nord Stream pipelines to Europe as there are no plans to repair them, Reuters reported.
• It's a sign Moscow has given up on Europe as a key buyer of its gas in the face of strong Asian demand.
• "Unless the war ends, there's no reason to start repairing them - literally anytime there might be a repetition of the entire thing."

 

[gelgoog]

That Business Insider article seems like a bunch of poorly sourced rumors to me.

 

[pmc]

Long article about Russia-Turkey trade in 2022. that reached $68b. This also show the capacity of infrastructure that was quickly operationalized.

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Foreign trade statistics since the beginning of the war, however, show that Turkey’s trade with Russia increased considerably in 2022. According to Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK) data, trade volume with Russia, which was $34.73 billion in 2021, doubled to $68.19 billion in 2022, with imports from Russia accounting for a significant part of the increase.
Imports from Russia, which stood at $28.96 billion in 2021, rose to $58.85 billion in 2022. Russia has become Turkey’s largest trading partner, leaving China behind. Turkey’s share of Russia’s exports increased from 2 to 7 percent.
The number of Russian trucks that transported goods to Russia had increased to 10,956 as of November 30, 2022, as opposed to some 2-3,000 on average in previous years. Between January 1 and November 30, 2022, 18,804 Turkish trucks made trips to Russia, carrying various exported goods.

 

[pmc]

seems the Korean storage ship is finished. there is reasonable confidence on Ice class Arctic 7 built rate.

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[pmc]

The called it marketing of Oil. i think it is just another name of selling or bartering in another currency.

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Russia also has has substantial investments in Iraq Kurdistan that is in conflict with central government. alot of it is sold to Israel.

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Gazprom and Rosneft’s operations in the Kurdistan Region have continued as normal and have not been affected despite Baghdad’s pressure campaign on international oil companies (IOCs) working in the Region following a ruling by the Iraqi top court against the Region’s oil and gas law.

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[pmc]

This is about transferring stake to Russian entity and gasification of Kazakhstan through pipeline to China.

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but Kazakshstan bigger problem is demographic to run the country. It will never will able to compete with Russian demographics who are looked favorably by Mideast.

 

[BlackWindMnt]

This is about transferring stake to Russian entity and gasification of Kazakhstan through pipeline to China.

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but Kazakshstan bigger problem is demographic to run the country. It will never will able to compete with Russian demographics who are looked favorably by Mideast.

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Wow Kazakhstan has like half of the population i always though Kazakhstan to have. Thats about a million more than we have in the Netherlands with like 17.5 million. I always imagined Kazakhstan to have like at least 35 million plus population given its size.

 

[Staedler]

Wow Kazakhstan has like half of the population i always though Kazakhstan to have. Thats about a million more than we have in the Netherlands with like 17.5 million. I always imagined Kazakhstan to have like at least 35 million plus population given its size.

Well the stans are nomad land and seem to follow the format of the larger the country, the less people there are in it.
It sort of makes sense that nomads can only exert control over such a huge area without splintering if there are relatively few people to exert control over.

 

[HighGround]

Well the stans are nomad land and seem to follow the format of the larger the country, the less people there are in it.
It sort of makes sense that nomads can only exert control over such a huge area without splintering if there are relatively few people to exert control over.

Not Uzbekistan. Uzbeks weren’t nomads after… the 13th century I believe. there’s also quite a large Korean diaspore there, where yours truly comes from.