SALES FORUM’2025 is the main business event for sales, marketing, analytics, and export managers dedicated to systematic business growth.
This year’s theme is “The Code of Profit. Sales of New Thinking.”
The forum brings together business representatives and experts to explore how the architecture of sales is changing in a world of data and quick decisions.
The discussions will focus on behavioral economics, commercial function integration, omnichannel, leadership culture, and digital scaling models.
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Rio Tinto Group has mothballed its $2.95 billion Jadar lithium project in Serbia, Bloomberg reported, according to the Serbian Economist.
The project will be transferred to “care and maintenance” mode in accordance with plans to simplify Rio Tinto’s asset portfolio and focus on more interesting opportunities in the short term, the document said.
A company spokesman confirmed to the agency the decision to mothball Jadar, which has large lithium-rich ore reserves.
The project, which never reached the production stage, faced many problems. The Serbian government has repeatedly changed its position on the issue of granting permits to develop the mine, which was strongly opposed by local communities.
“Given the lack of progress on the issue of permits, we can no longer maintain the previous level of expenditure and resource allocation,” the document said.
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French authorities have completely lifted the travel ban on Telegram founder Pavel Durov and canceled the requirement to regularly report to the police station in Nice, French media reported, citing a judicial source. Earlier in June 2025, the restrictions were eased with permission for short-term trips to Dubai, and now the measures have been completely lifted after “impeccable compliance with judicial control” for a year, Le Monde notes.
Durov was detained in France in August 2024 and placed under judicial control with a bail of €5 million, a ban on leaving the country, and an obligation to report regularly to the police. In the spring and summer of 2025, the court consistently allowed temporary trips to the UAE for up to 14 days. The investigation in France is ongoing and does not constitute an admission of guilt.
In the first ten months of 2025, imports of nickel and nickel products fell by 4.8% to $21.05 million, while in October, nickel imports amounted to $3.81 million, according to data from the State Customs Service.
At the same time, exports almost doubled to $1.13 million, compared to $0.57 million in 2024.
In 2024, nickel imports, on the contrary, rose sharply by 73.7% to $26.73 million after falling by 74% in 2023.
Nickel is used in the production of stainless steel and for nickel plating. Nickel is also used in the production of batteries, in powder metallurgy, and in chemical reagents.
As of November 10, Ukrainian barley exports amounted to almost 75,000 tons, with grain prices rising, according to the analytical cooperative “Pusk,” created within the framework of the All-Ukrainian Agrarian Council (VAR).
“Barley is showing positive dynamics — prices rose by $2-4, or about 100-150 UAH per ton, over the week. On average, the conditional price for barley on the domestic market is about 10,600 UAH/ton. The market was supported by spot export sales, in particular to the Middle East and Algeria,” analysts explained.
At the same time, experts predict that the current growth may be short-term.
“Traders are now looking for deliveries until November 15-20 at the latest. After that, demand may disappear. That is, the $5-7 that the price per ton has gained may disappear just as quickly. The market is currently overheated locally, and barley remains a relatively expensive feed grain,” analysts noted.
Despite this, a slight increase is still possible in the coming days.
“By the end of this week or early next week, we may see further growth. Barley is likely to add $1-2 per ton, and accordingly may reach a conditional level of 10,800 UAH/ton on the domestic market,” Pusk concluded.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced that his government will not comply with the EU Migration and Asylum Pact and does not intend to accept migrants under relocation schemes. “As long as there is a patriotic government in Hungary, we will not implement the migration pact. We will not accept migrants and will not spend a cent on them,” Orbán wrote on Twitter on Wednesday.
The statement came amid the European Commission’s initiative to relocate asylum seekers from the countries under the most pressure — Spain, Italy, Greece, and Cyprus — to other EU states.
A number of countries, including Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia, have opposed participation in this scheme.
Orbán has repeatedly criticized pan-European mechanisms for distributing migrants and threatened to sue the European Commission if mandatory resettlement quotas are imposed.
