Gold and platinum mining is paralyzed in South Africa South Africa, the world's largest platinum producer and the second-largest gold producer after China, is in the grip of an energy crisis that has paralyzed all gold and platinum production in the region. Three major gold mining companies - Gold Fields, Harmony and AngoGold Ashanti - stopped work at their mines late last week. Instantly, their shares fell in price, and world prices for gold and platinum rose to their maximum on Friday.

The end of last week in the United States was marked by two events. The first event: the House of Representatives voted for a package of anti-crisis measures to save financial markets, which it failed miserably on Monday . Event two: as if a switch had been turned, the presidential elections quickly came to the fore. They are less than a month away, and, of course, it cannot be said that they were ignored earlier.

Europe cannot find an agreed way out of the financial crisis The financial authorities of the United States and Europe are not yet in a hurry to develop uniform measures to save the global financial system , although it is precisely a coordinated policy that investors expect from regulators. Moreover, yesterday the European finance ministers could not even agree among themselves on how to deal with the crisis.

The general scheme for the development of the gas industry assumes a stable level of production from depleted fields The draft General Scheme for the Development of the Gas Industry until 2030, prepared by Gazprom and replicated by the Ministry of Energy, reveals for the first time the specific gas balance for the next two and a half years. Considering the inertia of the gas industry, we can say that this vision will be very close to reality.

The weather in most of the European territory of Russia is entering its autumn course. Almost everywhere it will be determined by cyclones and their atmospheric fronts. On Wednesday in the northwestern region, closer to the anticyclone, mostly no precipitation, fog at night and in the morning, +7...+12оС during the day. In the coming days, the central region will be crossed by an atmospheric front associated with the North Atlantic cyclone. There will be short periods of rain in places.

The Russians set a record in mini-football At the Futsal World Cup in Brazil, the Russian team in its third match of the group stage set a performance record for tournaments of this rank. The Solomon Islands team was defeated with a score of 31:2. Moreover, already in the first half of the meeting, our players managed to upset the opposing goalkeeper exactly 20 times, and left their goal intact. After the break, the Russians relaxed a little and conceded two goals, responding with 11 goals.

Tomorrow the Public Chamber will hold hearings, during which the results of ten years of structural reform of railway transport and the prospects for its further implementation will be discussed.

More than two months ago, Google offered its users the opportunity to create their own search engine home page design on their computer. To do this, it is proposed to use several unique graphic themes, including various design elements and developed by professional designers. The collection of virtual “clothes” continues to be updated, although most Google fans prefer to see the main page as ascetically white, without decorations or frills.

New exhibition of Nikita Alekseev Nikita Alekseev’s exhibition “It exists” opened at the GMG gallery. This is not the case.

On the consequences of the financial crisis for the domestic IT market Over the past two months, we have repeatedly wondered what the consequences of the crisis will be for the Russian IT market. It was difficult to answer this question more or less definitely due to the high dynamics of the development of crisis processes. But with the onset of October, the situation began to become more or less clear, and we can already predict what will happen to the Russian IT market.

Minsk changes five of its steps to two European ones Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko yesterday discussed the prospects for dialogue between Belarus and the West with the current chairman of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb. He became the first high-ranking European official to visit Minsk in many years. Following the visit, Mr.

Innovative technologies created in Russia have not yet found application at home The domestic economy must become innovative - this is the goal declared by the country's leadership for the next ten years. To solve this problem, as it turns out, we need not only (and not even so much!) new technologies, but also the business need to use them.

Bailiffs described furniture and planes without engines Krasnoyarsk bailiffs yesterday began seizing and seizing the property of Krasnoyarsk Airlines (Krasair) to cover the airline's debt to creditors. So far we are talking about debts totaling 360 million rubles, the documents for which are already in enforcement proceedings. Property that was not vital for flight operations was seized: furniture, office equipment, as well as five aircraft that Krasair does not currently use.

The Moscow Kremlin Cup tennis tournament is being held for the last time in its current high status. This primarily applies to women's competitions, which will be downgraded from next year. The head of the All-Russian Tennis Federation, captain of the national teams, Shamil TARPISCHEV, told Vremya Novostey correspondent Olga ERMOLINA what these changes are connected with and how this will affect the composition of the participants.

Viktor Yushchenko may dissolve the Rada today Today, President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko, after consultations with the leaders of five parliamentary factions, must decide on the early termination of the powers of the Verkhovna Rada of the 6th convocation. Yesterday he said that he would dissolve the Rada and call early elections if deputies cannot agree on the creation of a new coalition by midnight.