Central banks’ demand for gold remains strong as geopolitical risks reshape reserve management, Turkish Central Bank Governor Fatih Karahan said on Sept. 16. Speaking at the Budapest Financial Summit, he said reserve managers needed to consider access to assets alongside safety, liquidity and returns. Assets that were liquid under normal conditions might not be readily available during periods of stress. …
Continue ReadingOn September 16, Seoul hosted the first Korea–Central Asia Summit, bringing President Lee Jae Myung together with the heads of all five Central Asian states. The meeting elevated a dialogue that has run at a ministerial level since 2007 to the level of heads of state. The leaders adopted a Seoul Declaration setting the terms for future engagement and agreed …
Continue ReadingThe ministry of energy and mines of the Dominican Republic reported that the country has accumulated more than 5,000 results from samples analyzed in its rare earth project, a development that will make it possible to determine the deposit’s resources in November 2026. The ministry plans to declare the project’s first reserves during the first half of 2027, once the …
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