A significant fall in costs for gold miners over the last couple of years means the industry is better placed to cope if gold drops to US$1,000/oz and stays there for an extended period, Fitch Ratings says. At that price, the funds from operations gross leverage ratio for most Fitch-rated gold miners would probably remain within the guidelines for their current ratings through 2018.
31/07/2015Read more
The world’s population is projected to reach 8.5 billion by 2030 and 9.7 billion by 2050 and exceed 11 billion in 2100, according to a new United Nations report.
30/07/2015Read more
The First Forum of small businesses of the regions of the member states of the SCO and BRICS will be held in Ufa (Russia) on 22-23 October 2015.
27/07/2015Read more
The globally averaged temperature over land and ocean surfaces for January to June 2015, as well as for the month of June, was the hottest such period on record, the United Nations World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reported, citing new highs across the planet in June, with heatwaves across South Asia, Europe and pockets of the United States.
22/07/2015Read more
The United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) galvanized the world to produce the most successful anti-poverty movement in history, helped lift more than one billion people out of extreme poverty, made inroads against hunger and enabled more girls to attend school than ever before.
07/07/2015Read more
Two Russian lawmakers have asked the government to introduce a visa regime with the Central Asian countries, claiming that this would help to prevent members of the Islamic State terrorist group from getting into the country.
06/07/2015Read more
The Geneva office of the United Nations hosted a high-level seminar on regional cooperation in the field of trade in Central Asia on 3 July. It was organized by the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNICE).
05/07/2015Read more
United Nations agencies tracking access to water and sanitation targets against the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) warned today that the lack of progress on sanitation threatens to undermine the child survival and health benefits from gains in access to safe drinking water.
01/07/2015Read more
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