22 January 2021 China Ga prices set to rise further on renewed demand Chinese gallium prices are on course to rise further in the near future thanks to renewed demand and tight availability, adding to steady gains in the past two weeks, market participants said. Filter: Metals Asia-Pacific More filters
22 January 2021 Vattenfall to build 100MW hydrogen plant at Moorburg Swedish utility Vattenfall will build an electrolysis plant with a capacity of 100MW at its recently closed Moorburg coal-fired plant in Hamburg, Germany. Filter: Metals Europe More filters
22 January 2021 China’s INE completes first overseas VLSFO delivery Three trading firms have completed the first overseas delivery of very low-sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO) on the Shanghai International Energy Exchange (INE) futures contract, the INE said. Filter: Oil products Asia-Pacific More filters
22 January 2021 Peru disruptions hit MMG’s copper concentrate output Australia-based mining firm MMG's copper concentrate production fell by 18.6pc last year, mainly because of workforce constraints at its Las Bambas mine site in Peru during the Covid-19 pandemic. Filter: Metals Africa Asia-Pacific Latin America and Caribbean More filters
22 January 2021 Chinese titanium sponge prices at 8-month high Limited spot availability, higher prices of titanium tetrachloride (TiCl4) and concentrate feedstock and renewed demand from the mill product manufacturing sector have bolstered Chinese titanium sponge prices to an eight-month high. Filter: Metals Asia-Pacific More filters
22 January 2021 Japan’s power demand forecast to fall by 2030-31 Japanese electricity demand is projected to continue to fall towards the 2030-31 fiscal year ending 31 March, after a steady recovery over 2021-24 from Covid-19 related slumps. Filter: Coal Power Natural gas/LNG Asia-Pacific More filters
22 January 2021 China's new Covid-19 outbreaks complicate LPG outlook The Chinese government has started to adopt stricter travel measures in the run-up to next month's lunar new year holiday to control recent outbreaks of Covid-19, further clouding the domestic demand outlook for LPG. Filter: LPG/NGL Asia-Pacific More filters
22 January 2021 More of India's BPCL Kochi petchem projects delayed State-controlled Indian refiner Bharat Petroleum (BPCL) has suspended work on a 111bn rupees ($1.5bn) specialty petrochemicals plant in Kochi in south India to produce polyols because of uncertainty surrounding the company's privatisation plans . Filter: Petrochemicals Asia-Pacific More filters
22 January 2021 Australia's Blackstone partnering Trafigura for Ni/Co Australian nickel developer Blackstone Minerals has entered into a non-binding initial agreement with commodity trading firm Trafigura for the supply of nickel and cobalt products for its anticipated downstream refinery in Vietnam . Filter: Metals Asia-Pacific More filters
22 January 2021 Australia's Lynas to build rare earths plant in US Australia-Malaysia rare earths producer Lynas Rare Earths has entered into an agreement with the United States government to build a commercial light, rare earths separation plant in the US. Filter: Metals Asia-Pacific North America More filters
22 January 2021 Iran starts on Qeshm bitumen plant Iran-based Qeshm is due to start production at its new 935,000t/yr bitumen plant from this year's third quarter following pre-commissioning of the refinery last week. Filter: Oil products Middle East More filters
22 January 2021 Queensland LNG exporters face new domestic supply rules The three LNG projects in eastern Australia's Queensland state will be required to offer any uncontracted gas to domestic users on market terms before it is exported, as part of a new agreement with the government. Filter: Natural gas/LNG Asia-Pacific More filters
21 January 2021 Enbridge to decide on Texas crude terminal in 2021 Enbridge expects to reach a decision this year on building a 15mn bl Texas crude terminal to support exports and local refinery demand. Filter: Crude oil North America More filters
21 January 2021 US freezes new federal drilling permits: Update Adds details throughout. Filter: Crude oil Power Emissions Natural gas/LNG North America More filters
21 January 2021 Venezuelan methanol plant starts maintenance Mitsubishi-operated Metanol de Oriente (Metor) in eastern Venezuela started two months of maintenance at one of its two plants, local industry participants tell Argus . Filter: Petrochemicals Latin America and Caribbean More filters
