11.   Exports have since resumed under certain restrictions.

12.   In NEW YORK, palladium and platinum fell for a third day amid speculation that Russian exports will resume soon.

13.   In NEW YORK, platinum and palladium futures rose on a lack of clear indications that Russian exports will resume this month after a six-month lull.

14.   Iraqi Oil Minister Amer Rasheed said during the weekend he hopes for speedy UN approval of a plan submitted last week and that exports could resume within a week.

15.   Iraqi exports resumed in mid-August which means cargoes sold to the U.S. are only now reaching their destination.

16.   Officials from Almaz have said repeatedly that exports will resume in June, though traders were skeptical until recently that shipments would start.

17.   Platinum and palladium futures rose on a lack of clear indications that Russian exports will resume this month after a six-month lull.

18.   Platinum and palladium prices also were pushed lower by a stronger yen, as well as by speculation that Russian exports will resume soon, analysts and traders said.

19.   Palladium and platinum prices fell for a third day amid speculation that Russian exports will resume soon, analysts and traders said.

20.   Prices have risen because a potential flood of oil exports from Iraq kept being delayed, and there still are no plans for exports to resume.