China’s capital city is suffering through its worst air pollution since May in the wake of its decision to boost coal production to address a power crunch. The concentration of Continue Reading
Coal has come back into energy markets in a big way this year, serving as a vital energy source as natural gas prices soared to incredible heights The coal price Continue Reading
China’s Sinopec Corp plans to increase natural gas supplies from its domestic fields to 13.24 billion cubic metres (bcm) this winter, up 3% from a year earlier, it said on Continue Reading
China’s top economic planner said on Tuesday it was studying a mechanism to stabilise coal prices over the long run, in its latest move to cool the red-hot market. The Continue Reading
A Chinese developer of real estate projects that use green technologies has become the latest builder to miss debt payments, just as defaults from the nation’s borrowers on offshore bonds Continue Reading
1 of 11 Women wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus ride scooters passing by masked residents line up to receive booster shots against COVID-19 at Continue Reading
Fuji Oozx Inc. is one of hundreds of automotive-parts suppliers in Japan whose very existence is being threatened by the world’s shift toward electric vehicles. For almost 70 years, the Continue Reading
The power crisis in China is driving aluminum alloy prices higher as supplies come under threat. China is limiting supplies of key components used across a range of industries. While Continue Reading
China said on Monday it will investigate energy price index providers as it urged coal industry participants to “strictly” meet contractual obligations in its latest bid to tame prices that Continue Reading
Production costs at Chinese steel mill have increased, especially at electric arc furnaces, because of recent power rationing and government demands for energy consumption cuts, the country’s steel association said Continue Reading
1 of 11 Women wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus ride scooters passing by masked residents line up to receive booster shots against COVID-19 at Continue Reading
Curbing China’s output of greenhouse gas will do more than almost anything else at this point to decide the fate of the planet. That primacy comes from being, by far, Continue Reading
China aims to have non-fossil energy consumption exceed 80% of its total mix by 2060, when the world’s second-biggest economy plans to be carbon neutral, according to guidelines published by Continue Reading
China’s cabinet on Sunday outlined measures to achieve its goals of reaching peak carbon emissions by 2030 and carbon neutrality before 2060 but said food and energy security must be Continue Reading
The largest power generating company in India, NTPC Ltd, is looking for bids to import at least one million tons of coal for the first time in two years, Bloomberg Continue Reading
China Evergrande Group EGRNF 7.41% made an overdue interest payment to international bondholders, the state-owned Securities Times reported Friday, an unexpected move that allows the property company to stave off a default. The Continue Reading
For Vietnam’s central planners, the timing was terrible when China announced it would no longer build coal-fired power projects abroad. In early September, an updated energy blueprint for the Southeast Asian nation Continue Reading
Chinese authorities have signaled they would start looking into the recent price spikes and subsequent plunge in the domestic coal futures market as part of efforts to contain the price Continue Reading
China’s thermal coal futures plunged on Friday and turned in their worst week in five months, following Beijing’s strongest intervention in years to boost supply and cool runaway prices of Continue Reading
As ambulances carrying coronavirus patients queue outside Romania’s emergency units, hospitals are running out of beds, morgues are overflowing and doctors are becoming exasperated as well as exhausted. Most of Continue Reading
One of the world’s largest energy consumers and importers, India, is weighing the possibility of keeping strategic reserves of imported coal and natural gas in order to fend off future Continue Reading
India celebrated giving its billionth COVID-19 vaccine dose on Thursday, a hopeful milestone for the South Asian country where the delta variant fueled a crushing surge earlier this year and Continue Reading
China’s thermal coal futures fell by their trading limit for the third evening session in a row on Thursday, extending losses triggered by signs Beijing may intervene to cool surging Continue Reading
he pain is spreading in the market for Chinese junk bonds. Dollar-bond defaults from Chinese property developers are rising quickly as the country’s housing market slumps, and the problem could Continue Reading
China’s pipeline natural gas imports set a new record of 3.87 million mt in September, up 2.2% from the previous high of 3.79 million mt in August, showed latest data Continue Reading
China’s new coal output rate, hiked this week in the teeth of an energy crunch, puts it on pace to produce more of the fuel this year than ever before Continue Reading
China coal futures down nearly 15% this week Beijing signals intervention to cool prices from record highs Traders take wait-and-see approach to demand-supply situation BEIJING, Oct 22 (Reuters) – China’s Continue Reading
A booster shot of the BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine is 95.6 percent effective against Covid-19 compared with two shots and a placebo, the companies said on Thursday, citing preliminary results from the Continue Reading
Can new variants of the coronavirus keep emerging? Yes, as long as the virus that caused the pandemic keeps infecting people. But that doesn’t mean new variants will keep emerging Continue Reading
India is considering maintaining strategic reserves of natural gas and imported coal to address future supply shocks, a senior power ministry official said on Thursday, as the energy-hungry nation battles Continue Reading
India’s state-owned and private refiners are set to collaborate on their crude oil imports to secure better contract terms, Reuters has reported , noting that the idea comes from the Continue Reading
High prices threaten India’s goal to boost the use of gas in its energy mix as some industries are looking at switching back to coal and petcoke, a top bureaucrat Continue Reading
China’s thermal coal futures fell the maximum 11% at the start of Wednesday’s night session on the Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange, extending a plunge triggered by possible government intervention in prices Continue Reading
China’s latest attempt to lower runaway commodity prices, this time for thermal coal, is likely to follow a familiar pattern of initial success followed by failure. So far this year, Continue Reading
The former Soviet republic is one of the world’s worst emitters of planet-warming methane. Its exported natural gas is becoming crucial to China. By Aaron Clark and Matthew Campbell Carrie Continue Reading
China’s coal futures fell 8% to their downward limit in night trading on Tuesday as the state planner said it was looking at ways to intervene and bring record high Continue Reading
The energy crisis amid a coal shortage in China has worsened because of colder weather in recent days, sending the key local coal futures contract to a new record high Continue Reading
Oct. 1 letter, now public, says deals signed Sept. 1 High Asian and European prices spur contracting Venture Global LNG has signed two long-term offtake contracts with China’s Sinopec for Continue Reading
A spectacular rally in coal futures in China hit an abrupt halt as the government began a policy blitz intended to tame prices and ease the nation’s power crisis. The Continue Reading
Chinese authorities are imposing new hurdles for fertilizer exporters amid growing concerns over surging power prices and food production, a move that could worsen a global price shock and food Continue Reading
Some of China’s major coal producers have vowed to cap thermal coal prices this winter and next spring, after the government asked state-backed firms to ensure stable coal and power Continue Reading
China’s energy administration has urged power grid firms to maximise the purchase of electricity from renewable projects, to help ease power outages in the country. Grid firms should prioritise renewable Continue Reading
General Electric Co. GE 0.59% , Union Pacific Corp. UNP -0.08% and other large U.S. employers are imposing Covid-19 vaccine mandates for their workers to comply with a Dec. 8 deadline set by the Biden administration for companies that are federal contractors. Boeing Co. , International Continue Reading
Medics wearing special suits to protect against coronavirus treat a patient with coronavirus, left, as others prepare a patent to move at an ICU at the Moscow City Clinical Hospital Continue Reading
Officials are keeping a close watch on a new descendant of the Delta variant of Covid that is causing a growing number of infections. Delta is the UK’s dominant variant, Continue Reading
India, grappling with its worst power crisis in five years, has asked Qatar to expedite delivery of 58 delayed liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes, two sources familiar with the matter Continue Reading
China’s power shortages hit growth in the world’s second biggest economy, threatening more pain for global supply chains, while Europe’s gas squeeze looked set to continue as Russia’s Gazprom showed Continue Reading
Foxconn, the Taiwanese electronics giant that assembles Apple’s iPhones, on Monday showed off the first physical fruits of its effort to become a major player in electric vehicles: a luxury Continue Reading
China coal prices hit a record high on Tuesday buoyed by a widening power crunch and cold weather despite Beijing’s efforts to bolster supply. Thermal coal for January delivery, the Continue Reading
India’s gasoil consumption fell in the first half of October from the same period in the previous year, preliminary sales data showed. Diesel sales by the country’s state fuel retailers Continue Reading
