Today's AM fix was USD 1,583.25, EUR 1,267.41, and GBP 1,013.73 per ounce. Yesterday’s AM fix was USD 1,569.00, EUR 1,256.41, and GBP 1,009.00 per ounce. Silver is trading at $27.47/oz., €22.08/oz. and £17.64/oz. Platinum is trading at $1,445.25/oz., palladium at $601.40/oz. and rhodium at $1,190/oz. Gold’s safe haven credentials were burnished again yesterday when despite falls in stock indices globally, gold rose $15.10 or 0.99% and closed at $1,586.30/oz. Gold traded sideways in Asia and continues in a narrow range in European trading holding above $1,580/oz.

• June 26, 2012

The Turkmen Foreign Ministry has held talks with the EU delegation head by newly appointed EU Ambassador to Ashgabat Aurelia Bouchez, the Turkmen Foreign Ministry told Trend.

• June 26, 2012

The United States and Russia are planning to enhance cooperation in nuclear reactor design, while maintaining joint efforts to prevent nuclear materials from falling into the wrong hands, officials said Tuesday.

• June 26, 2012

ISSUE #24
06/25/2012
The Ukrainian government has decided to purchase only 27bn cu.m. of Russian gas this year, the Lb.ua news and analysis website quoted Ukrainian Energy Minister Yuriy Boyko on 20 June 2012 as saying. Ostchem Holding Ltd, which unites chemical enterprises belonging to Ukrainian businessman Dmytro Firtash, will buy another 8bn cu.m., the minister added. READ MORE

• June 26, 2012

Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi will arrive in Astana on Tuesday on a working visit, Kazakh Foreign Ministry spokesman Altai Abibullayev said on Monday.

• June 25, 2012

European Union intends to sign contract with Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan on legal base of Trans-Caspian gas pipeline, materials on outcomes of meeting of foreign ministers of EU 27 member countries in Luxemburg reported.

• June 25, 2012

The EU is committed to support Central Asian countries accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), the conclusions of the EU Council on Central Asia say.

• June 25, 2012

Despite divergence on certain political issues like Syria, a leading Turkish businessman active in Russia expresses confidence that Turkey and Russia are set for a global, strategic and economic partnership in new markets, especially in the Middle East. Such bonds between the two countries can no longer be broken, says Erman Ilıcak.

• June 23, 2012