COMMODITIES

Gazprom spokesman says the company will not deliver any gas to Ukraine unless it receives a pre-payment.

Ukraine and Russia head for international arbitration court after gas price talks fail.

Dudley says BP continues to operate normally in Russia.

Ukraine and Russia fail to reach a deal in gas price dispute with Gazprom threatening to cut supplies.

Iraq crisis boosts crude oil's safe-haven status over gold.

US Fed Reserve chief Janet Yellen's press conference on 18 June to influence gold prices.

Brent crude peaked above the $114 mark as markets struggled to assess impact of insurgency on Iraq oil output.

Egypt spends tens of billions of dollars annually on energy subsidies.

International Energy Agency says biggest source of new Opec oil is at risk after Sunni militants take Mosul.

Oil breaks significant technical barrier decisively as Iraq tension heightens supply woes.

Sunni militants have surrounded Baiji oil refinery according to reports.

Iraq's biggest oil refinery remained under government control after reports it had been seized by Isis militants.

Shipment of Kurdish oil bought by Russian energy giant Rosneft last month.

OPEC members embroiled in political turmoil push Brent futures above $112 a barrel.

Vladimir Putin suggests Russia has made its final offer with $100 reduction.

Demonstrators chanted for the overthrow of the government outside President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi's house.

Iraq switch oil exports to Basra after Mosul attack.

Weeks-long negotiations over gas prices to continue as Ukraine seeks market rate.

Opec member says it expects production cap to remain at 30 million barrels per day in bid to maintain price.

Port authority and local police are investigating company chaired by Singapore's Chen Jihong.

Tight supply and healthy demand have kept Brent around $110 mark after Monday surge.

2 million barrels of Kurdish crude oil are at sea with no buyer in place.

Citic Resource Holdings shares plunge over suspected link to fraud investigations.

Crude oil prices rose Tuesday helped by higher than expected China inflation that bolstered the demand outlook for the commodity.

Bulgaria's decision to halt work on the South Stream project has been met with anger in Russia.

Excavation work begins on tungsten and tin mine in Devon

Crude output boost in Iran, Libya and Iraq could force Opec to lower production cap.

Company allegedly financed single cargoes of metal multiple times.

Asia experiencing seasonally weaker crude oil demand.