Fears of China moving to ban the import of lower grade coal have again resurfaced amid concern over the country's high pollution levels, with several market participants indicating that the government is seriously contemplating such a move ...
MIT chemists have devised a way to trap carbon dioxide and transform it into useful organic compounds, using a simple metal complex. More work is needed to understand and optimize the reaction, but one day this approach could offer an ...
China aims to cut energy intensity by over 3.9% this year, as it continues its drive to increase energy efficiency and cut emissions, according to a government work report delivered by Premier Li Keqiang Wednesday at the annual session of ...
Tags: Energy Use, energy intensity
Mediterranean ultra low sulfur diesel cargoes are trading $10.25/mt above the Northwest European cargoes, the widest spread between the two regions since January 17 on tight prompt supply in the Med. The Med cargo cash premium to the ...
Tags: Diesel Cargoes, low sulfur diesel
The fuel oil physical hi-lo -- the premium of 1% FOB Northwest European cargoes over 3.5% FOB Rotterdam barges -- came off a 17-month high Tuesday morning, having surged $12.75/mt to $62.75/mt Monday on fears Russia may stop or reduce gas ...
The FOB Singapore 380 CST high sulfur fuel oil cash differential slipped into a discount Monday due to excess supply. The cash differential for the higher viscosity grade fuel oil fell to a discount of 26 cents/mt Monday, down from ...
Tags: high sulfur fuel, HSFO market
Beginning in 2017, all gasoline sold in the US must contain less than 10 parts per million sulfur, the US Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday, dismissing oil industry arguments that the new standard is unnecessary and could ...
Tags: Gasoline, Metallurgy
Russian ultra low sulfur diesel exports may struggle to find a home in the UK in the winter after the country's oil importers agreed earlier this month to enact a new test to assess the fuel's filter-blocking tendency, traders said Friday. ...
Institute of Electronic, Microelectronic and Nanotechnology (IEMN) in France and EpiGaN nv in Belgium have claimed a record combination of specific on-resistance and breakdown voltage for a double heterostructure field-effect transistor ...
Central Appalachian thermal coal prices closed mixed in the session, with only two trades seen Monday. A CAPP barge time spread was seen trading in the late morning, while a CAPP rail (CSX) quarterly swap went through after the 4 pm EST ...
Tags: CAPP Coal, Low Volume Session
Gasoil demand from Belgium, France, Belgium, Germany and Switzerland -- the main consumption centers in Northwest Europe -- is down a quarter this winter amid mild weather and a longer-term shift away from the product, traders said Monday. ...
Tags: Gasoil demand, Mineral
State-owned Bangladesh Petroleum Corp has submitted a formal request to the National Board of Revenue seeking a waiver from local taxes, value added taxes and other duties imposed on refined oil product imports, in order to borrow less from ...
Tags: Petroleum, Tax Waivers, Oil Product
Around a quarter of Australian metallurgical coal is sold on a spot basis following a significant increase in production and the fact that the primary buyer, China, prefers short-term pricing, an analysis of Platts data and a survey of ...
Tags: Coal Market, Spot Pricing
US crude stocks rose 1 million barrels last week, just over half of what analysts were expecting, as a drop in refinery run rates was partly offset by a decrease in US imports, according to data released Thursday by the US Energy ...
Tags: Crude Stocks, Chemicals
Two Indiana coal companies have received state regulatory approval for new or extended mining operations that could produce an additional several million short tons of high-sulfur steam coal annually for the US electric utility market, a ...
Tags: Coal Production, Mineral