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Https://gmk.center/en/news/ukraine-reduced-ore-exports-to-the-lowest-level-since-the-beginning-of-the-year-in-september/

I think you’re right. If Harris wins the U.S. election we could also have months of in-house fighting when Trump disputes this.

https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/impending-betrayal-ukraine

Good read:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/10/15/ukraine-stalemate-putin-pompeo-peacetalks-negotiations/

Https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/13/world/europe/russia-ukraine-ports-odesa-grain.html

Not one ship in port. I see Odesa is being targeted again and commercial vessels.

https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/centerx:31.013/centery:46.630/zoom:13

$50 a barrel would be enough to calm Putin down. Not like he can go to the international money markets to raise cash.

https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/saudi-minister-warns-of-50-oil-as-opec-members-flout-production-curbs-216dc070

Russia already is a satellite state of China isn’t it.

If Russia is seen to be helping Iran to much or helping Iran develop a nuclear weapon then the Saudis will put them out of business. Same as they did the soviets during the war in Afghanistan.

https://www.politico.eu/article/vladimir-putin-war-economy-pain-saudi-arabia-sink-global-oil-prices-energy-russia-opec/

NATO intervened in Serbia/ Kosovo to stop another Kremlin backed genocide. They should have intervened years before in other areas of the Balkans. It’s more Kremlin spin to say NATO somehow invaded. I was in Kosovo in 1999/2000 and was shocked at the low standard of living there for a European country. I also saw the families of people who were somehow supposed to identity their relatives that had been buried in a mass grave for the last year.

NATO should be more aggressive and stop listening to the Kremlin lies. NATO should take areas of Ukraine (at Ukraines invitation) to free up Ukrainian troops to head east. If Putin wants to start a war with 32 countries then that’s his stupid fault. When are people going to realise the Russians have nothing to offer? Has there ever actually been a successful country the Kremlin has got involved in? No!

well said celinegreen. i’m getting sick and tired of going online and listening to some idiot push the kremlin agenda. if they don’t like the west then fair enough. **** off and see if you get a better deal from the chinese. the west should just create a big firewall and keep the russians out altogether. it’s not like they’ve got anything to offer the world.

Krok is full of crap. Been on the filtered list for ages. Makes you wonder if some talks so much rubbish how can they be lucky enough to have any success at investing.

The scum never give up. The sooner Ukraine develop their own long range missiles the better.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-missile-attack-ukraines-odesa-port-region-kills-six-governor-says-2024-10-09/

So a drop off in production from 1.67mt - 1.397mt, increased freight rates and increased electricity costs. All to be expected really and I can’t see any improvement in Q4 or Q1 2025. But at least we’re still in business.

I can’t see production increasing from Q2 and Q1. At best I’d say production levels will be around the Q2 level of 1.67mt. Based on the fact seaborne exports have also been steady. Would have been nice to have had September seaborne exports but I haven’t seen them yet. Like Howardzzz says I think the SP will bounce around where it is until there’s some kind of end to hostilities.

simplyme i think your right the uk is in **** state but you can't really compare it to russia. people in moscow and st petersburg might live ok but those out side of these area are still living in the dark ages. look at the kursk region where ukraine has just gone into. no running water in a lot of homes let alone internet etc. russia should be a larger economy than the uk but it never will be while they go from one knucklehead leader to the next. hell bent on being somekind of superpower.

so if the usa economy is based on being a war economy the uk should just base its economy on being a war economy and everything will be ok will it? if it was that simple every country in the world should just arm up to boast their economy. the us does well cause its an energy superpower. self sufficient in oil and a net exporter of gas.

the uk needs massive structural change on par with the thatcher era, the western world needs real leadership its lacked for the last 20 years.

Of course the UK never doubled or trebled their GDP per capita over that period. We were and are a developed country. Going by your figures if we'd increased our GDP by seven fold we'd have a GDP per capita of around $196,000. The highest in the world.

If you want to base your rhetoric on evidence compare Russia with a developing country. China has increased its GDP per capita by over 20 times over this period, Bangladesh by 12. Why is Russia lagging behind? Why with all their natural resources and land is GDP per capita only $14,000? Simple answer, bad government. Russia should probably be the 5-6th largest economy in the world instead of the 11-12th. Around 200 oligarchs and Putin have taken around $1 trillion from the country since 2000. If they'd invested that in building infrastructure, education, health care, building strong institutions they wouldn't have a GDP per capita of only $14,000. Now Putin wants to plough $100bn plus a year and 500,000 life's into a senseless war. Anyone who thinks that's good for the economy is thick. Russia is a country in decline which is why Putin is lashing out. He's hungry for power so bad he started this war and killed or injured 500,000 of his own people. Sooner he's dead and gone the better.

Can’t find Julys figures and I guess we’ll find out what Septembers export figures were soon enough. I monitor maritime traffic quite regularly and it seems to have dropped of the last 2-3 months.

Q3 results Monday. I’d be happy with around 1.67mt again but wouldn’t surprise me if it’s lower.

In June 2024, Ukraine’s seaports handled 1.2 million tons of iron ore, up from 0.2 million tons in June 2023.

https://gmk.center/en/news/ukrainian-seaports-handled-60-million-tons-of-cargo-in-january-july/

In August 2024, Ukrainian seaports handled 1.2 million tons of iron ore, compared to 195 thousand tons in August 2023.

https://gmk.center/en/news/ukrainian-ports-cargo-turnover-reached-74-million-tons-in-january-september/

Krok of rubbish again. Who thought Russias 30 mile convoy that advanced on Kiev in 2022 was just a deliberate distraction for Russias operation in the Donbas. Your the idiot pal.