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Coal

Energy & Commodities

Cheap Chinese coal is making it difficult to reduce consumption

China produces most of its own coal, and imports most of its oil.
Energy & Commodities

China’s chemicals makers reap reward of shift from oil to coal

The proposed acquisitions will allow the group to build up a fleet to support higher production at its Triaryani coal mine and operations at its Marga Bara Jaya jetty.
Companies & Markets

Geo Energy to acquire 51% stake in two Indonesian shipping companies for US$127.5 million

The climbdown is a sign of the weakening position of the world’s top coal exporter in an oversupplied market.
Energy & Commodities

Indonesia scraps coal pricing rules after pushback from buyers

Coal use in the sector as a fuel and feedstock rose 20% in the first six months of the year, on top of a 10% increase last year.
Energy & Commodities

China emissions fall while chemicals emerge as new hotspot

Steel production has dropped 4 per cent year on year to less than 80 million tonnes, its lowest this year and a third monthly decline in a row.
Energy & Commodities

Chinese steel and coal output drop as supply pressures mount

A coal storage facility in China's Shandong province.
International

China cuts coal imports, deepens Asean ties amid trade shifts

The scale of China’s coal ambitions threatens to overwhelm its own and global climate goals.
Energy & Commodities

China’s coal pipeline risks creating glut, blowing climate goals

Champions of the old economy including steel and coal and newer industries such as solar panels and electric vehicles are grappling with overcapacity and falling prices, which had previously prompted many warnings but little action.
Energy & Commodities

Markets bet Beijing is getting serious about China’s overcapacity

The thermal coal market has been less volatile.
Energy & Commodities

China’s coal price surge may lose steam without policy support

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