by Gordon Barratt | Apr 8, 2022 | News
Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Koichi Hagiuda says Japan will gradually end its use of Russian coal [File: Kim Kyung-Hoon Japan, the world’s third-largest coal importer, plans to reduce Russian imports of the fuel gradually while looking for alternative...
by Gordon Barratt | Apr 6, 2022 | News
The European Union is proposing a ban on Russian coal in its fifth round of sanctions against the country, and considering restrictions against its oil imports — but the trade bloc notably left natural gas out of the conversation. Von de Leyen’s announcement...
by Gordon Barratt | Mar 9, 2022 | News
Port Hedland. The Australian Bureau of Statistics latest International Trade in Goods and Services data shows total coal exports in the three months to January were $24.27 billion – a staggering 159 per cent increase on the same period a year earlier. Total resources...
by Gordon Barratt | Feb 28, 2022 | News
Benchmark iron-ore futures in China and Singapore climbed by more than 3% on Monday as traders worried that a prolonged armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine could also curb global supply of the key steelmaking ingredient. The most-traded May iron ore contract on...
by Gordon Barratt | Jan 28, 2022 | News
Global coal prices have shot back towards record highs as the Ukraine crisis raises expectations that European buyers will start loading up on the fossil fuel for fear that a standoff between Russia and western nations will cut off gas supplies....
