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China increasingly turned to coal imports during the first quarter to help power its economic recovery from the COVID-19 lockdowns, while its appetite for costly LNG sourced from the global market declined. Following a number of measures to bolster domestic coal production, global receipts and coal-fired power generation going forward, …

For the 1st quarter of this year, China’s iron ore imports hit a Q1 record. Altogether, prices climbed nearly 10% from January to March, reaching 29.3 million tons (MT). Indeed, March alone saw imports grow 1.8% to 100.23 MT. Helping these numbers were expectations of stronger steel demand as the …

Global electric car sales are set to surge by 35 per cent this year, helped by government subsidies and the tightening of carbon dioxide emissions standards, the International Energy Agency has said. Electric car sales are projected to reach 14 million in 2023 from 10 million last year, the Paris-based …

While the debate about the effectiveness of the Western-led sanctions on Russians continues, China’s imports of Urals-grade Russian crude oil could hit an 11-month high, Reuters said on Monday. China, so far in April, has purchased 265,000 barrels per day of Russian Urals grade crude oil. This is a 36% …

Amid the misery of war in Ukraine and the global energy crisis, there is a glimmer of good news. The green transition has speeded up. True, a spike in natural-gas prices fuelled greater demand for coal, the dirtiest of fossil fuels. But it also led consumers to use energy more …

India and China have snapped up the vast majority of Russian oil so far in April at prices above the Western price cap of $60 per barrel, according to traders and Reuters calculations. That means the Kremlin is enjoying stronger revenues despite the West’s attempts to curb funds for Russia’s …

Oil prices firmed slightly early on Tuesday, after falling 2 per cent in the previous session, as stronger economic data from the world’s largest crude importer China underpinned demand outlook. Brent crude climbed 23 cents to $84.99 a barrel at 0416 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate rose 21 cents …

China’s Sinopec will take a stake in the eastern expansion of Qatar’s North Field liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, state energy company QatarEnergy said on Wednesday. The state-owned Chinese gas giant will take a 5 percent stake in the equivalent of one North Field East LNG train with a capacity …

Riding on a driverless, rubber-tired vehicle to the coalface at a depth of 150 meters has become part of the daily routine for miners in Shangwan Coal Mine in the city of Ordos, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Thanks to the digitization of the coal industry, miners no longer …

China’s highest geothermal power station in terms of elevation, located in southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, has generated more than 500 million kWh of electricity since it was put into operation in 2018. Yangyi geothermal power station in Damxung County, in the regional capital of Lhasa, is China’s only geothermal …