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COMPANIES & MARKETS
4 Ukraine’s biggest private power producer races to recover as winter looms
6 Increasingly isolated by sanctions, Russia’s metal producers are being pushed into China’s arms
7 Russian exports of diamonds to Hong Kong up 18-fold in 5M24
9 Uzbekistan's AGMK announces $15bn expansion to drive up copper cathode output
10 Eurasian Development Bank moves into Central Asia’s Islamic finance sector
11 Local, international and regional chains vie for Balkans’ expanding food retail market
14 Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD signs agreement to build $1bn production plant in Turkey
18 IPO boom gathers momentum in Russia
19 Bulgaria is not ready for eurozone, say European Commission and ECB
20 Who consumes the most power to mine bitcoins?
22 Croatia struggles with surge in cyber attacks
23 Russia's war-driven brain drain reverses as up to 45% of emigres return home
24 Plants absorbing less carbon dioxide in 2023, accelerating global warming
25 Earth records hottest year since records began
26 Investment into green energy to top $2 trillion in 2024 for first time – IEA
COVER FEATURE
28 Ukraine’s government mulls raising taxes to plug a $12bn hole in the budget
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