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    • Monday, 8 August, 2022
      Clarkson PLC
      World’s largest shipbroker lifted by surge in oil production activity

      Clarksons says sector’s profits boosted as energy groups seize on Ukraine war turmoil to boost output

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    • Sunday, 7 August, 2022
      Batteries
      Carmakers face fierce battle for lithium until 2030, warns top producer

      US company Albemarle says market will remain tight for the next seven to eight years

    • Tuesday, 2 August, 2022
      EU energy
      European imports of Russian diesel jump, highlighting challenge to EU plans for ban

      Sharp rise in July shows region’s reliance on energy supplies from country

    • Tuesday, 2 August, 2022
      InterviewWar in Ukraine
      Ukraine warns grain exports will take ‘months’ to reach prewar levels

      Minister says only a handful of ships will depart from Odesa region in next two weeks

    • Sunday, 31 July, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      West eases efforts to restrict Russian oil trading as inflation and energy risks mount

      Plan to shut Moscow out of maritime insurance market delayed

    • Thursday, 28 July, 2022
      Anglo American PLC
      Anglo American warns on investment threat to energy transition

      New chief says credit cost and political instability will make many mining projects unviable as profits plunge

    • Wednesday, 27 July, 2022
      Equinor ASA
      European energy groups Equinor and Iberdrola report jump in profits

      Norwegian and Spanish companies benefit from turmoil stoked by Ukraine war

    • Tuesday, 26 July, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      European gas prices soar after Russia deepens supply cuts

      Futures contracts hit five-month high after Gazprom announces drop in flows

    • Monday, 25 July, 2022
      EU energy
      Russia cuts gas deliveries to Europe via Nord Stream 1

      Gazprom move will lower flows to 20% of capacity, threatening continent’s supplies ahead of winter

    • Monday, 25 July, 2022
      Natural gas
      Traders expect European gas prices to remain elevated for years to come

      Key fuel delivered in 2023 and 2024 are sitting near record levels

    • Thursday, 21 July, 2022
      Rare earths
      Experts cast doubts over UK’s first rare earths processing site

      Government launches strategy to bolster supply of critical minerals with £150mn investment in Hull facility

    • Thursday, 21 July, 2022
      UK business & economy
      Tata threatens to close Port Talbot steelworks without £1.5bn of aid

      Group running UK’s largest steel plant says it wants agreement with government on help with emissions

    • Thursday, 21 July, 2022
      EU energy
      Russia resumes partial gas flows to Europe through Nord Stream 1

      Germany warns that Moscow is still trying to ‘blackmail’ Europe over energy supply

    • Wednesday, 20 July, 2022
      Energy sector
      Blistering heatwave plays havoc with Europe’s strained energy system

      Record-breaking temperatures fuel demand while hitting electricity generation from nuclear, hydro and coal

    • Wednesday, 13 July, 2022
      Trafigura
      Trafigura sells stake in Putin-backed oil project to obscure HK trading outfit

      Nord Axis among group of entrants to have replaced established players in Russian market

    • Wednesday, 13 July, 2022
      News in-depthEnergy crisis
      Gasoline surge pushes up costs for chemicals used in essential goods

      Strong demand from motor fuel makers has boosted competition for key building block materials

    • Monday, 11 July, 2022
      Commodities
      China’s Ganfeng Lithium buys lithium mines in Argentina

      Purchase of Lithea comes as global competition for metals needed to power electric vehicles hots up

    • Monday, 11 July, 2022
      Euronav NV
      Frontline and Euronav tweak $4bn merger terms in face of opposition

      Voluntary tender offer seeks to bypass effort by Saverys family to avert deal

    • Thursday, 7 July, 2022
      EU energy
      Europe’s biggest biogas producer warns EU targets unachievable

      Head of Denmark’s Nature Energy says it will take years to ramp up capacity

    • Tuesday, 5 July, 2022
      Energy crisis
      Norway’s government halts oil and gas strike

      State intervention eases fears over security of supply for UK and Europe

    • Tuesday, 5 July, 2022
      Energy crisis
      Norway strikes threaten to cut off gas supplies to UK within days

      Europe’s energy crisis intensifies as Equinor begins shutting down oil and gasfields

    • Tuesday, 5 July, 2022
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      Swedish group’s head Peter Carlsson says demand is proving resilient despite recession fears

    • Tuesday, 5 July, 2022
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      Plus, Qatar’s confidence grows and protesters bring UK’s motorway network to a standstill

    • Tuesday, 5 July, 2022
      EU energy
      Europe power prices hit new high in wake of Russian gas supply cuts

      Prices quadruple in a year exacerbated by maintenance problems at French nuclear plants

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