This was CNBC's live blog tracking developments on the war in Ukraine. Ukraine has moved to quash speculation behind First Lady Olena Zelenska's decline of an invitation to attend U.S. President Joe ...

In 2023, the European Union reduced imports of iron and steel products from Russia to 4.8 million tonnes, decreasing the import by 39.5% compared to 2022. Source: Eurostat data, reported by GMK Centre ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Two Ukrainian drones struck fuel facilities at one of Russia's largest iron ore plants on Wednesday, though no one was injured and the plant was working as normal, Russian officials ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s plan to reassemble the Soviet Union began with the reconquest of Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine — all non-NATO and non-European Union countries that he surmised he ...

Russia on Friday denounced President Donald Trump's plan to build an American "Iron Dome" missile defense shield, saying the ...

International sanctions on Russia appear to be working. Kazakhstan’s biggest iron ore-enricher has cut supplies to Russian steelworks. A growing number of Kazakh businesses are growing wary of ...

Diamonds in a bloody setting. Why does the West hesitate to impose sanctions on metals and gemstones from Russia? European Union countries have banned or restricted imports of Russian oil and oil ...

GUBKIN, Russia (Reuters) - Soviet geologists were looking for oil when exploring this region 500 km (315 miles) south of Moscow. Sign up here. Instead, they unearthed Europe's largest iron belt.

In other news, a missile alert is in operation in the Russian border region of Kursk on Wednesday after a fuel and lubricants warehouse at a major iron ore plant in Kursk was targeted in an alleged ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s plan to reassemble the Soviet Union began with the reconquest of Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine — all non-NATO and non-European Union countries that he surmised he ...

Kursk governor Roman Starovoit said on Telegram that two drones had struck fuel facilities at the Mikhailovsky GOK iron ore plant, one of Russia's largest iron ore plants and owned by Metalloinvest, ...