Local authorities in Donbass are gathering information on casualties from the explosion Retreating Ukrainian forces have allegedly blown up a tank allegedly containing hydrochloric acid, at a chemical plant in the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) town of Rubezhnoe, which has emerged as a flashpoint in the ongoing military conflict.

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Global consumption is expected to rise sharply by year’s end, resulting in the biggest demand-supply gap in decades The world is on the brink of a major silver supply shortage this year, the Silver Institute, a US-based agency monitoring the metal, said in its latest report.