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
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
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
