05 January 2021 Talks between Indian government and farmers rumble on Indian government representatives, including the minister for agriculture, yesterday met for the seventh round of talks with farmer union officials to discuss agricultural market reform, with negotiations set to continue. Filter: Agriculture Fertilizer Asia-Pacific More filters
05 January 2021 Steel demand led by China key to 1Q Turkey scrap price The surge in Turkish ferrous scrap prices to multi-year highs beyond $470/t in the fourth quarter of 2020 was driven largely by the bull run in the wider global ferrous complex led by pent-up steel demand in China and will likely rely on this run to continue in order to sustain support in the first Filter: Metals Europe Middle East More filters
05 January 2021 New Indonesia FSRU leaves shipyard The 170,000m³ Jawa Satu floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) left South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries' Geoje shipyard yesterday. Filter: Power Natural gas/LNG Asia-Pacific More filters
05 January 2021 Record price spikes in UK day-ahead power market The N2EX UK day-ahead power auction saw its highest hourly price on record as a result of low plant availability, cold and still weather, and reduced power market efficiency after Brexit. Filter: Power Europe More filters
05 January 2021 Opec+ goes into day two of talks with all to play for Opec and its allies enter an unplanned second day of their ministerial meeting after talks about how to adjust production policy in February ended in a stalemate yesterday. Filter: Crude oil More filters
05 January 2021 Reconciliation GCC summit gets under way A Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) summit focused on ending Qatar's long-running diplomatic dispute with Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and non GCC-member Egypt has begun in al-Ula in northwestern Saudi Arabia. Filter: Middle East More filters
05 January 2021 Q&A: IEA counts on biofuels in clean energy transition The biofuels industry has been strongly impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, but is expected to bounce back in 2021, according to the IEA. Filter: Bioenergy Europe More filters
05 January 2021 Serbia to pay less for Russian gas Serbia will pay less for Russian gas delivered through the extension of the 31.5bn m³/yr Turkish Stream pipeline than for gas shipped through Ukraine. Filter: Natural gas/LNG Europe FSU More filters
05 January 2021 Viewpoint: Cu concentrate market set for tight 2021 The copper concentrate market is likely to remain tight in 2021, with demand growth poised to significantly outpace production hikes and launches. Filter: Metals Asia-Pacific More filters
05 January 2021 China's coking coal premium more than $100/t above fob Chinese coking coal prices have risen to more than $100/t above Australian export prices for the first time as China's informal ban on Australian imports lifts demand for other tier one options, Canadian and US coal. Filter: Coal Metals Asia-Pacific North America More filters
05 January 2021 Viewpoint: Supply-side factors dominate gallium prices Temporary environmental restrictions on bauxite production in China sparked steep price rises for gallium at the end of 2020, pulling up prices in Europe despite Covid-19 hitting demand, while other smaller market forces may become increasingly influential in the coming years. Filter: Metals Asia-Pacific More filters
05 January 2021 Traders concerned over UK steel quotas UK steel traders and importers face increasing uncertainty over the state of January-March safeguard quotas, now in force following Brexit, as the system failed to update yesterday. Filter: Metals Europe More filters
05 January 2021 South Korea to negotiate with Iran over seized tanker South Korea is planning to send a government delegation to Iran to discuss the release of the chemical tanker Hankuk Chemi , which was seized by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) navy in the strait of Hormuz yesterday. Filter: Asia-Pacific Middle East More filters
05 January 2021 Viewpoint: Record India coke premium may persist US Gulf petroleum coke has been assessed at a premium to South African coal on a cfr India basis for more than six months, surpassing the longest period that coke previously had fetched higher prices than coal in India. Filter: Coal Asia-Pacific More filters
05 January 2021 Japan's November ferrous scrap exports drop on month Japan's ferrous scrap exports in November slowed from a 2020 high in October as a surge in domestic scrap prices reduced supply available for export. Filter: Metals Asia-Pacific More filters
