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Commodities

  • Friday, 18 April, 2025
    US-China trade dispute
    China stops buying liquefied gas from US

    Standstill shows how Sino-American trade war has spilled into energy sector

    Large storage tanks with Sinopec branding dominate the view at the Longkou LNG Base in Yantai, Shandong province, China
  • Friday, 18 April, 2025
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    MP Materials has been sending concentrates to Chinese partner as it races to expand in US

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  • Thursday, 17 April, 2025
    British Steel Ltd
    UK starts hunt for buyer for British Steel

    Government stepped in to take control of struggling company but is keen to attract private sector investment

    Rachel Reeves pictured at British Steel’s Scunthorpe plant.
  • Thursday, 17 April, 2025
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    Quarter of energy company’s investors vote against re-election of outgoing chair Helge Lund

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  • Thursday, 17 April, 2025
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    Trade war and cleantech retreat are threats to US producers and may boost Beijing

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  • Thursday, 17 April, 2025
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  • Thursday, 17 April, 2025
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    BHP says global economy depends on China boosting consumption

    World’s biggest miner says tariff impact ‘limited’ so far

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  • Wednesday, 16 April, 2025
    US foreign policy
    US places sanctions on Chinese refinery over Iran oil purchases

    Trump administration accuses Shandong Shengxing Chemical of buying crude as it increases pressure on Beijing and Tehran

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  • Wednesday, 16 April, 2025
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    A mini-gold rush brews three miles below sea level Premium content

    Whether deep-sea mining will transform the US’s geopolitical fortunes is unclear

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  • Wednesday, 16 April, 2025
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    French group maintains pledge to expand oil, gas and green businesses while BP and Shell rein in electricity ambitions

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  • Wednesday, 16 April, 2025
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    US president could escalate trade conflict with Beijing by launching probe into supplies

    Donald Trump
  • Tuesday, 15 April, 2025
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    Mining group also says ruling military junta has shut its office in Bamako

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  • Tuesday, 15 April, 2025
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    The UK government needs a proper plan for steel

    The future is not in the Scunthorpe blast furnaces that ministers have rescued

    The British Steel Scunthorpe Site
  • Tuesday, 15 April, 2025
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    Growth in oil demand expected to slow sharply as a result of US tariffs

    International Energy Agency says situation is ‘fluid and substantial risks remain’

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  • Tuesday, 15 April, 2025
    Energy Source
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    US tariffs on its northern neighbour have renewed calls for pipelines and fast-tracking oil and gas projects

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  • Tuesday, 15 April, 2025
    LexBritish Steel Ltd
    British Steel needs a forever subsidy Premium content

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  • Tuesday, 15 April, 2025
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    EU explores legal options for ending Russian gas deals

    Brussels says invoking force majeure clause would allow contract termination without penalties

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  • Monday, 14 April, 2025
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    Offer underlines scale of fall in UK-listed group’s value as accounting and governance issues mount

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  • Monday, 14 April, 2025
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    Italy’s biggest refinery in crisis three years after sale by Russia’s Lukoil

    Greek billionaire who is now facility’s majority investor clashes with Trafigura over terms of crude supply deal

    The ISAB refinery in Priolo in Sicily
  • Monday, 14 April, 2025
    InterviewThe Monday Interview
    Beyond BP: John Browne on the oil company’s green U-turn

    Former CEO reflects on renewables backlash as he prepares to stand for election as Cambridge university chancellor

    A late middle-aged man in a suit sits on a chair
  • Sunday, 13 April, 2025
    British Steel Ltd
    UK races to secure coal to keep British Steel furnaces operating

    Officials work to ensure shipments arrive quickly after emergency government intervention

    Business secretary Jonathan Reynolds
  • Sunday, 13 April, 2025
    ExplainerBritish Steel Ltd
    Why did the UK rush to save British Steel and what happens next?

    Government now has tricky task of running a costly and complex industrial operation

    A large white question mark is imposed over a blue-tinted image of an industrial facility
  • Sunday, 13 April, 2025
    US-China trade dispute
    Trump’s China trade war a ‘boon’ for Brazil but sends US farmers reeling

    Latin America’s largest economy is poised to extend its lead as China’s top food supplier

    Ranchers herd cattle on a farm in Xinguara, Brazil
  • Sunday, 13 April, 2025
    Fortum Oyj
    Finnish utility explores buying part of Germany’s Uniper three years after exit

    Fortum is looking at gas importer’s Swedish assets as it seeks to benefit from growth in energy demand

    The building containing the headquarters of Fortum Oyj in Espoo, Finland,
  • Sunday, 13 April, 2025
    Mining
    Pakistan copper mine could offer leverage in US tariff talks, says operator

    Barrick says strategic metal resource could help Islamabad as it faces 29% levy

    Tim Cribb sits in an interview setting with a map of Pakistan and a poster with the Reko Diq Mining Company logo behind him
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