... double-digit excise tax increases. The excise on gasoline of grade 5 in 2025 will rise by 14% (from 15,048 to 17,088 rubles per ton). The expert also emphasizes that the Saint Petersburg International Commodity and Raw Materials Exchange (SPIMEX) accounts for no more than 15% of wholesale fuel sales. By controlling price growth here, oil companies ensure the payment of subsidies from the budget through the price damping mechanism (for wholesale fuel supplies to the domestic market at low prices),...

... recognized stablecoin – a cryptocurrency pegged to the US dollar. The project was launched in 2014 under the name Realcoin but was soon renamed Tether Limited. The idea was that each issued USDT coin would be backed by a real dollar on the issuer's bank account, which would keep the token's value equal to $1. Tether was initially issued on the Bitcoin blockchain via the Omni Layer protocol, then began supporting other networks (Ethereum, Tron, Solana, etc.) to facilitate the stablecoin's trading across ...

... of the human factor decrease? — Of course. Our parent company "Oil Resource Group" is a classic oil trader, and we know from experience that servicing a deal requires seven specialists from different fields: sales manager, logistics, accountant, lawyer, etc. On the "ORG-Market" platform, most of these functions are "built into" the software through algorithms. — What is the geographic coverage of the platform? — Currently, it covers several regions of ...

... 10% to 54.4 million tons (3% in July). The first quarter recorded the weakest export results, but recovery began in the second quarter, only to see a decline again in June. Despite this, China is the largest importer of Russian coal: in 2023, it accounted for more than half of all exports—100.9 million tons, a 50% increase compared to 2022. Russian coal exports are also down to other regions. According to Kpler, which tracks maritime shipments, exports to India dropped by 11.5% in the first ...

... North America (24%), as well as Africa (12%) and Europe (14%). A significant contribution to future supply growth will come from oil and gas companies, which extract lithium from brines. According to "Infomine" estimates, brines currently account for 46% of global capacity for new lithium extraction projects. The traditional method of extraction from solid rock will account for only 39% of global supply growth, with the remaining 15% coming from rare extraction methods, including lithium ...