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China, already dominating the global lithium-ion battery market, plans to expand this position to solid-state batteries, too. The government in Beijing will seek to cut solid-state battery costs, boost their performance, and begin commercial production by 2030. “Over the next five years, the new-type battery industry is at a critical window for technological upgrading, and we must seize the str...
China’s major refiners have suspended most refined fuel exports for October as Beijing prioritizes domestic supply security, removing another source of diesel, gasoline and jet fuel from an already severely constrained global market. PetroChina has cancelled several gasoline and jet fuel cargoes scheduled for October, while Zhejiang Petrochemical did not schedule exports during China’s week-lon...
It comes after a report that Chinese refiners suspended October fuel exports to protect domestic supplies.
Pakistan’s government is considering allowing power plants and private firms to directly import LNG procured on the spot market as the country has been struggling with an energy crisis since the Iran war crippled Qatar’s term supplies. Pakistan’s Energy Ministry has proposed easing the existing regulation to allow private companies to directly import LNG, a source with knowledge of the delibera...
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Gunmen attack bus in Homs province hours after a pipeline explosion knocked out three power plants near Damascus.
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News that the country’s largest fuel refinery is to be reopened – and expanded considerably – has stirred Durban fence-line communities who fear a resumption of noxious petrochemical fumes seeping in to their homes and lungs.
Three Syrian power plants out of service after gas pipeline explosion at Tishreen station - The Jordan News Agency وكالة الانباء الاردنية
3 joint ventures in Spain, Slovakia, Morocco to strengthen regional supply chain for electric vehicle batteries
China is not expected to materially boost its crude oil imports through the end of the year as oil prices surged above $100 per barrel again and independent refiners struggle to procure cheaper supply amid the near-disappearance of Iranian barrels. China is on track to import roughly the same volumes of crude oil in September as it did in August, extending the trend of recovering shipments. How...
China’s benchmark thermal coal prices have jumped for 11 straight weeks, hitting the highest level in three years this week, amid lower domestic production and reduced imports from top coal exporter Indonesia. The spot thermal coal price at Qinhuangdao, the benchmark for Chinese prices, jumped to 986 yuan, or $147 per ton for the week ending Monday, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Coal...
Report maps China's emissions trajectory manilatimes.net
UAE-based Aldar, Arada form JV, plan $4bln development pipeline in Abu Dhabi Zawya
We have put together stories from our coverage on electric and new energy vehicles from the past two weeks to help you stay informed. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. As Chinese carmakers diversify beyond CATL, Beijing warns of market overreaction A publication under China’s industry ministry has pushed back against market chatter of “de-CATLisatio...
The NSW Independent Planning Commission approves plans that will allow Hunter Valley Operations to continue coal mining at a site near Singleton until 2045.
IIF Deputy Chief Economist Ashok Bhundia argues that dwindling oil and diesel inventories around the Strait of Hormuz present a more urgent global risk than US-China strategic competition. He warns that elevated crack spreads are driving cost-push inflation and could trigger a sudden market shock. (Source: Bloomberg)
Chinese lithium futures have shed a quarter of their value this month, pummeled by concerns over flagging demand.
Trade Minister Todd McClay told RNZ he was deeply disappointed to see New Zealand organisations joining with foreign actors to attack New Zealand.
China’s electric truck sales surge amid soaring global diesel prices BusinessLine
Ministers are aghast that iwi and environmental groups would seek to rip up the Europe free trade deal in pursuit of climate accountability The post Seymour derides doctors as ‘activists with a grab bag of causes’ – EU trade complaint appeared first on Newsroom .
Canada’s first major LNG export terminal plans to double its capacity AP News
Key OPEC+ members are likely to stick with a plan to hold crude production quotas steady for next month when they meet this weekend, according to two delegates.
When Manu Caddie was a boy growing up in Tauranga, he and his dad would go out collecting pipi and cockles on the mudflats. “That’s not something that we do now.” A gully on his parents’ eight hectare farm, where he’d play as a kid, is a stormwater runoff for a new subdivision; storms this year caused it to slip away, leaving houses beside it red-stickered. Today, he says, the water and the cli...
King reviews government progress in gas sector, plans to reinforce energy security وكالة الانباء الاردنية
Explainer: What are Europe's methane emissions rules and why are they being delayed? Reuters
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