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Russia restricts enriched uranium exports to the United States
Russia has imposed constraints on the export of enriched uranium to the United States, the government stated on Friday, producing supply risks for U.S. nuclear power plants which in 2015 imported a quarter of their enriched uranium from the nation. Russia stated the short-term limitations were a reaction to Washington's ban on imports of Russian uranium, which was signed into law earlier this year, however consisted of waivers enabling deliveries to continue in case of supply concerns through 2027. Russia is the world's sixth largest uranium manufacturer and controls about 44% of global uranium enrichment capacity. In 2023, the U.S. and China topped the list of Russian uranium importers, followed by South Korea and France. President Vladimir Putin told a federal government conference on Sept. 11 that Moscow should consider limiting exports of uranium, titanium and nickel in retaliation for Western sanctions. The government's decree on Friday was the very first follow up action to Putin's statement in September. Russia accounted for 27% of the enriched uranium supplied to U.S. business atomic power plants in 2015. Imports to the U.S. from Russia through July this year stood at 313,050 kilograms ( 690,160 pound), down 30% from last year. It is unclear whether the U.S. has actually imported any uranium from Russia after the U.S. restriction took effect in August. The Russian government's decree says companies authorized by the export control watchdog can still export uranium to the United States. The U.S. is probing a surge in imports of enriched uranium from China considering that late 2023 amidst concerns the deliveries are helping Moscow avoid a U.S. ban on imports of the power plant fuel from Russia.
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Stocks fall as US data, Fed comments signal slower rate cut path
A gauge of international stocks was poised for its greatest weekly drop in two months while U.S. Treasury yields continued their climb as economic information and remarks from Federal Reserve authorities indicated a slower speed of rate cuts ahead. The U.S. Commerce Department said retail sales rose 0.4%. last month after an upwardly modified 0.8% advance in September. That was above the 0.3% increase anticipated by financial experts surveyed by. Reuters, after a formerly reported 0.4% gain in September. In addition, the Labor Department said import prices. unexpectedly increased 0.3% last month after an unrevised 0.4%. decline in September amidst higher costs for fuels and other. items. Analysts had actually anticipated a decline of 0.1%. Fed Chair Jerome Powell said on Thursday the central bank. did not require to hurry to lower interest rates due to continuous. financial growth, a solid task market and inflation that remains. above its 2% target. Equities rallied in the wake of the U.S. presidential. election, as financiers gravitated toward properties expected to. gain from U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's policies in his. second term after he promised to enforce greater tariffs on. imports, lower taxes and loosen federal government policies. What this all comes down to is the reality we've had such an. extraordinary run that individuals are much like, why don't I take some. earnings and sort of see what's next, said JJ Kinahan, CEO of IG. The United States and Canada and president of Tastytrade in Chicago. On Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell. 275.86 points, or 0.63%, to 43,475.00, the S&P 500 fell. 66.25 points, or 1.11%, to 5,882.92 and the Nasdaq Composite. fell 344.45 points, or 1.80%, to 18,763.20. Each of the. three significant indexes had closed at record highs on Monday. Chicago Federal Reserve president Austan Goolsbee followed. up Powell's discuss Friday and stated it would make good sense for. the Federal Reserve to slow the pace of rate of interest cuts if. there were disagreement among policymakers over how far rates. need to be lowered to put monetary policy on a neutral footing. MSCI's gauge of stocks around the world. fell 7.45 points, or 0.88%, to 843.75, on track for its fourth. straight decrease on the heels of 5 straight advances. In Europe, the STOXX 600 index decreased 0.64% as. was set to register its 4th straight weekly drop. Bond yields and the dollar have actually risen not just on growth. prospects but also on concerns that Trump's policies may. revive inflation after a long battle versus rate pressures. following the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, tariffs might lead. to increased federal government loaning, even more swelling the fiscal. deficit and potentially causing the Fed to modify its course of. monetary policy easing. The dollar index, which tracks the U.S. currency. against peers including the euro and Japan's yen, was 0.3% lower. on the day but headed for a 1.5% weekly increase. The greenback had risen for five straight sessions and was. on speed for its greatest weekly percentage gain considering that early. October. Expectations for a 25 basis point cut at the Fed's December. meeting stood at 55% on Friday, below 72.2% in the prior. session, and 85.5% a month ago according to CME's FedWatch Tool. The yield on benchmark U.S. 10-year notes rose. 4.9 basis points to 4.471% after reaching 4.505%, its greatest. considering that May 31. The yield has actually jumped more than 16 bps this month. and is set for its eighth weekly increase in the past 9. Against the Japanese yen, the dollar weakened 0.77%. to 155.06. Sterling was down 0.31% to $1.2626. U.S. crude fell 1.21% to $67.87 a barrel and Brent. was up to $71.74 per barrel, down 1.13% on the day, on. track for a weekly decrease as investors digested a slower Fed. rate cut path and subsiding Chinese demand.
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Peru's economy grows for sixth straight month in September
Peru's economy expanded on an annual basis for the 6th straight month in September, figures from the national statistics institute revealed on Friday, after almost every sector of the economy logged development. The economy broadened 3.16% year-on-year in the month, slightly above the estimate of 3.10% growth from experts polled . Peru's economy has revealed stable healing from an economic crisis it entered into in 2015. The economy is forecast to grow 3.0% in 2025, according to a study of financial experts by the central bank at the end of October. Economic output in the world's no. 3 copper manufacturer and No. 2 copper exporter was up in nearly every sector, led by transportation, which grew 7.6%. The essential mining and hydrocarbons sector expanded by simply over 1.0%, buoyed by greater output of molybdenum, silver and tin, while copper contracted slightly by 0.4% The one exception to the across-the-board development was the fishing sector, which contracted by 14.6%, the second straight month of negative growth. Peru is a leading manufacturer of fishmeal, a fertilizer used anchovies. Anchovy production was up 47.2%, but the sector was pulled down ultimately by smaller catches of fish for direct usage by individuals.
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Aluminium leaps after China cancels export tax refunds
Aluminium costs surged on Friday after China said it would cancel export tax refunds, fuelling concerns that a heavy circulation of deliveries abroad might be curbed. Three-month aluminium on the London Metal Exchange soared as much as 8.5% to $2,730 a metric heap and was up 6.6% at $ 2,682 by 1540 GMT. At its peak on Friday, the light-weight metal came within spitting range of a five-month high of $2,732 hit last week on supply interruptions of bauxite and alumina, the raw products to make main aluminium. China's finance ministry said on Friday it would cancel export tax refunds for aluminium and copper items, reliable Dec. 1. If you're not granting refunds then more metal stays domestically in China and it could tighten the marketplace in the rest of the world, said Nitesh Shah, product strategist at WisdomTree. China exports 4-6 million loads yearly of semi-fabricated aluminium, amounting to about 7% of worldwide supply, JP Morgan stated in a note. Expert Ross Strachan at consultancy CRU said the longer term effect was less clear cut. It will motivate development in exports, and thus production, of finished products in China and in due course China might need less main (aluminium) imports. Copper gained 0.4% to $9,025 a heap after striking a. three-month low on Thursday. China is not a major exporter of. copper products. Base metals got an increase from a weaker dollar index,. making products priced in the U.S. currency more economical. for purchasers utilizing other currencies. Most of the complex pared gains, however, after the dollar. recovered in the wake of U.S. data showing U.S. retail sales. increased slightly more than expected in October. A host of unpredictabilities could still weigh on metals markets,. Shah stated. China seems to wish to wait for confirmation of numerous things. before they really draw out the stimulus bazooka and the. problem is the market was currently anticipating the bazooka. Information on Friday showed that China's factory output development. slowed in October and it was still too early to call a turn in. the crisis-hit home sector. LME nickel edged up 0.1% to $15,640 a load, zinc. was the same at $2,942.50, lead added 0.6% to. $ 1,971.50 while tin dipped 0.1% to $28,905. For the leading stories in metals, click.
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IAEA primary gos to two nuclear sites throughout Iran trip
The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog visited two Iranian nuclear sites on Friday as part of a see to Iran, ahead of an anticipated European diplomatic push over Tehran's atomic activities before Donald Trump's go back to the White Home. During the check out, Iran's foreign minister told International Atomic Energy Company chief Rafael Grossi that Tehran wants to solve outstanding disputes over its nuclear program however will not catch pressure. Grossi went to the Natanz nuclear plant and the Fordow enrichment site, which is dug into a mountain around 100 km (60. miles) south of the capital Tehran, state media reported,. without providing details. Relations between Tehran and the IAEA have soured over. several long-standing issues including Iran barring the company's. uranium-enrichment specialists from the nation and its failure to. discuss uranium traces discovered at undeclared sites. The ball remains in the EU/E3 court, Foreign Minister Abbas. Araqchi composed on X following talks in Tehran with Grossi on. Thursday, describing 3 European nations - France,. Britain and Germany - which represent the West together with the. United States at nuclear talks. Going to work out based on our national interest and. inalienable rights, however not prepared to negotiate under pressure. and intimidation, Araqchi stated. France's foreign ministry spokesperson told press reporters the 3. European powers would wait to see the outcomes of Grossi's check out. before deciding how to react. We are fully mobilised with our E3 partners and the. United States to bring Iran to the full application of its. global responsibilities and commitments in addition to cooperation. in great faith with the firm, he stated. That mobilisation is available in various methods, consisting of. through resolutions ... so we expect that these messages are. passed throughout Rafael Grossi's check out and we will adjust our. reaction accordingly. Trump's go back to workplace as U.S. president in January upends. nuclear diplomacy with Iran, which had actually stalled under the. outbound administration of Joe Biden after months of indirect. talks. During Trump's previous tenure, Washington dropped a 2015. nuclear offer between Iran and six world powers that curbed. Tehran's nuclear operate in exchange for remedy for worldwide. sanctions. Trump has actually not fully spelled out whether he will resume his. optimal pressure policy on Iran when he takes office.
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French winter season grain sowings ahead of in 2015 after dry weather condition
French farmers had sown 78% of the anticipated soft wheat location for next year's harvest by last Monday, ahead of the location sown by the very same stage last year, FranceAgriMer stated, in a sign that this month's dry weather enabled field work to accelerate. The soft wheat area sown compared to 62% a week previously and 70% a year earlier however was still behind the five-year average of 83%, the farm workplace stated in a crop report on Friday. French sowings and maize harvesting this year have been obstructed by heavy rainfall during the wettest September in 25 years and in October. The hold-up raised bad memories of last year's harvest when late sowing due to damp weather condition was one of the issues that led to among the worst soft wheat harvests in 40 years. In winter season barley, 89% of the anticipated area for next year's. harvest had actually been planted by Monday, versus 78% a week earlier and. 83% by the exact same stage in 2023. That compared to a 2019-2023. average of 91%. The maize harvest was 71% complete by Nov. 11, up from 58% a. week earlier however below 96% a year back and a five-year. average of 93%, FranceAgriMer said. Growers were speeding up field work before rains begin again. next week, Franck Laborde, the head of French maize growers. group AGPM, said. The regions lagging furthest behind are the west and the. south-west. Climate condition there ought to enable collecting to. continue until mid-week, so we certainly have a window of. opportunity to get closer to normal harvest development, Laborde. informed Reuters. Farmers are mobilised to generate the harvest so as to. maintain quality, because from now on, and even since a couple of days. ago, there is a risk of quality deterioration if the harvest. does not happen really quickly, he included.
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FuelCell Energy to lay off 13% of labor force to lower operating expense
Renewable power company FuelCell Energy said on Friday it will lower 13% of its labor force as part of an international restructuring of its operations in the U.S., Canada and Germany. Shares of the company increased 14.1% in premarket trading. The business stated it aims to decrease operating expense by almost 15% in 2025 and protect its competitive position amid slower-than-expected financial investments in clean energy. High rates of interest and policy unpredictabilities around capital-intensive tidy energy tasks have required numerous renewable resource firms to review their growth plans. FuelCell said it had already made reductions to its workforce in September, with the most recent layoffs bringing the total cuts to 17% of its workers. It anticipates the restructuring plan to be considerably finished by the end of the first quarter (Nov-Jan) of financial year 2025, and to record charges of about $1.7 million to $2. million in expenses associated with severance. The company stated the strategy will not impact its carbonate. making capabilities at its Torrington, Connecticut. center. The Danbury, Connecticut-based company stated it would offer. extra details regarding the restructuring plan throughout its. fourth-quarter earnings get in touch with Dec. 19.
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Romania signs main engineering agreement for two atomic power plants
Romanian stateowned nuclear power producer Nuclearelectrica signed the main engineering contract to include two more reactors at its plant in Cernavoda on the Danube river with a consortium of four firms, it stated on Friday. The European Union state presently has 2 706-megawatt (MW). reactors which utilize Canadian CANDU innovation, owned by. AtkinsRealis, formerly referred to as SNC-Lavalin group, accounting. for a fifth of Romania's power production. It prepares to include 2 more 700 MW reactors using the same. innovation by 2031 and 2032, respectively. Energy Minister Sebastian Burduja has said the contract,. which was signed on Friday at COP29 in Baku, will set the brand-new. systems on a course of no return. The consortium makes up Canada's AtkinsRealis, U.S. Fluor. Corporation, Sargent & & Lundy and Italy's Ansaldo Nucleare. The. contract is estimated to cost 3.2 billion euros ($ 3.38 billion). and take 9 years to complete pending a final financial investment. decision. Today marks a significant turning point in the improvement and. ultimately the completion of Romania's tactical Cernavoda Systems. 3 and 4 task, the business's president Cosmin Ghita. said. Once Units 3 and 4 are connected to the grid, 66% of. Romania's clean energy will be supplied by nuclear energy. The business did not expose the upgraded expense quote for the. units. Prior estimates varied from 6.5 billion to 7 billion. euros in overall. U.S. Exim Bank has actually committed financing for the. job.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, hardline ally of Khamenei, eliminated in helicopter crash
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hardliner viewed as a potential successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was eliminated when his helicopter crashed in poor weather condition in mountains near the Azerbaijan border, officials and state media stated on Monday.
The charred wreckage of the helicopter which crashed on Sunday bring Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and six other passengers and team was discovered early on Monday after an overnight search in blizzard conditions.
Supreme Leader Khamenei, who holds ultimate power with a. final say on diplomacy and Iran's nuclear program, stated. First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber, would take control of as. interim president, the official IRNA news company reported.
I reveal 5 days of public grieving and offer my. acknowledgements to the dear people of Iran, Khamenei said in a. statement. Mokhber, like Raisi, is seen as near Khamenei.
The crash comes at a time of growing dissent within Iran. over an array of political, social and economic crises. Iran's. clerical rulers face international pressure over Tehran's. challenged nuclear programme and its deepening military ties with. Russia during the war in Ukraine.
Because Iran's ally Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, provoking. Israel's attack on Gaza, blazes involving Iran-aligned. groups have emerged throughout the Middle East.
A long shadow war in between Iran and Israel got into the. open last month with tit-for-tat exchanges of drone and rocket. fire.
An Israeli authorities, who requested anonymity, told . it was not involved in the crash. U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd. Austin stated he had no insight into the reason for the crash,. adding the United States had no part to play in it.
Under the Islamic Republic's constitution, a new. governmental election must be held within 50 days.
Any candidate should initially be vetted by the Guardian Council,. a hardline guard dog that has actually frequently disqualified even popular. conservative and moderate authorities, meaning the overall thrust. of Iranian policy would be unlikely to change.
As Iran selects a new president, we reaffirm our support. for the Iranian individuals and their struggle for human rights and. basic flexibilities, State Department spokesperson Matthew. Miller said as the U.S. revealed its main condolences.
' ONE HARDLINER DIES, ANOTHER TAKES OVER'
Government loyalists loaded into mosques and squares to pray. for Raisi, however most stores remained open and the authorities made. little effort to disrupt common life.
He was a difficult working president. His legacy will withstand as. long as we live, said Mohammad Hossein Zarrabi, 28, a. member of the volunteer Basij spiritual militia in the holy. Shi'ite city of Qom.
But other Iranians showed little sadness.
Who cares. One hardliner passes away, another takes over and our. torment continues, stated Reza, 47, a storekeeper in the central. desert city of Yazd who did not offer his complete name, fearing. reprisals. We're too busy with economic and social problems to. stress over such news.
State media reported that images from the site showed the. U.S.-made Bell 212 helicopter slammed into a mountain peak,. although there was no official word on the reason for the crash. The dead also consisted of the guv of East Azerbaijan Province. and a senior imam from Tabriz city.
Iran was a major buyer of Bell helicopters under the. U.S.-backed Shah before the 1979 Islamic revolution, though the. precise origin of the airplane that crashed was unclear. Years. of sanctions have actually made it difficult for Iran to get parts or. update its airplane.
The helicopter went down in Varzeqan area north of Tabriz,. as Raisi returned from a main visit to the border with. Azerbaijan, in Iran's northwest, to inaugurate the Qiz-Qalasi. Dam, a joint task.
BLOODY CRACKDOWN
Since taking office, Raisi, 63, had purchased a tightening up of. morality laws, oversaw a bloody crackdown on anti-government. demonstrations and pressed hard in nuclear talks with world powers.
In Iran's double political system, split between the clerical. facility and the federal government, it is Raisi's 85-year-old. mentor Khamenei, supreme leader because 1989, who holds. decision-making power on all significant policies.
Raisi's triumph in a carefully managed election in 2021. brought all branches of power under the control of hardliners,. after eight years when the presidency had actually been held by. pragmatist Hassan Rouhani and a nuclear offer worked out with. powers including Washington.
Nevertheless, Raisi's standing may have been dented by the. extensive demonstrations against clerical guideline following the death of. 22-year-old Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini in morality authorities. custody, and a failure to reverse Iran's economy, hamstrung. by Western sanctions.
Though far from being an inescapable conclusion in Iran's opaque. politics, Raisi, a middle-ranking Shi'ite cleric, had been. extensively seen as a leading candidate to succeed Khamenei.
There's no other prospect today (with) that sort of a. platform and that's why the presidential elections in Iran,. nevertheless they unfold, will be the first decider about what comes. next, stated Vali Nasr, teacher of Middle East Studies and. International Affairs at John Hopkins School of Advanced. International Researches.
Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani was appointed as. acting foreign minister, IRNA said.
Saudi Arabia's foreign minister called Kani to reveal. condolences and restated Saudi's support for Iran.
Messages of condolences flooded in from Iran's other. regional neighbours and allies, consisting of the leaders of Syria,. Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Jordan, Iraq and. Pakistan.
Russian President Vladimir Putin called Raisi a true pal. of Russia. The Kremlin stated he had actually spoken with Mokhber by phone. and both stressed mutual intent to further enhance. Russian-Iranian interaction.
Iran-backed militant group Hamas, battling Israeli forces in. Gaza with Tehran's assistance, issued a statement expressing. compassion to the Iranian individuals for this immense loss.
(source: Reuters)