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EnergyColumn: Shanghai aluminium soars as China’s production stalls Andy Home 1/2 Workers walk through an aluminium ingots depot in Wuxi, Jiangsu province, China, September 26, 2012. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo Read More Shanghai aluminium prices last week hit their highest since 2010 as the Chinese market gears up for a seasonal demand peak. The Shanghai Futures Exchange (ShFE) aluminium contract continues to outperform international prices amid high volumes and open interest with no sig...

AfricaLabour unions declare wage dispute at S.Africas Transnet Reuters 1 minute read Two unions declared a dispute with South Africas Transnet on Thursday after wage talks broke down, and warned of possible strike action if the state-owned freight logistics firm failed to present a better offer. The United National Transport Union (UNTU) and the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) baulked at Transnets offer of a 3% wage hike - a figure they described in a joint statement a...

ChinaReshaping grain trade? China moves to change animal feed recipes ReutersHallie GuDominique Patton 5 minutes read Pigs are seen on a family farm in Xiaoxinzhuang village, Hebei province, China January 25, 2018. REUTERS/Dominique Patton China issued guidelines on Wednesday recommending the reduction of corn and soymeal in pig and poultry feed, a measure that could reshape the flow of grains into the worlds top corn and soybean buyer. Chinas corn prices surged more than a third in the most r...

ChinaAUTOSHOW Chip shortage casts shadow on Chinas auto industry recovery Yilei SunNorihiko Shirouzu 1/3 A Volkswagen ID.6 X is displayed ahead of the Shanghai Auto Show, in Shanghai, China April 18, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song Read More Auto industry executives are rattled by a global shortage of semiconductors which is hitting production in China, after hoping the worlds biggest car market could spearhead global recovery in the sector. Automakers around the world have had to adjust assembly lines ...

April 19, 20214:18 AM UTC Sustainable BusinessChina to bring solar and wind power generation to 11% of total electricity use in 2021 Reuters 2 minutes read Workers walk at a solar power station in Tongchuan, Shaanxi province, China December 11, 2019. Picture taken December 11, 2019. REUTERS/Muyu Xu China has flagged it will seek to raise its power generation from solar and wind plants to around 11% of the countrys total power consumption in 2021, from 9.7% in 2020, said the National Energy Admi...

AmericasVenezuela to ask UN for help in clearing land mines near Colombian border Reuters 2 minutes read Venezuelas President Nicolas Maduro speaks during an event with the youth of Venezuelas United Socialist Party in Caracas, Venezuela June 22, 2020. Miraflores Palace/Handout via REUTERS Venezuela will ask the United Nations to help remove landmines in its territory that it says have been deployed by "irregular" armed groups near the Colombian border, President Nicolas Maduro said on Sunday...

ChinaChina to promote debt sustainability in developing nations - vice commerce minister Reuters 2 minutes read Chinese Vice Commerce Minister Qian Keming attends a news conference in Beijing, China January 29, 2021. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo China will promote debt sustainability in developing countries through its Belt and Road Initiative, Qian Keming, a vice minister of commerce, said on Monday at the Boao Forum in the countrys southern province of Hainan. China will promote projects i...

Healthcare & PharmaceuticalsAustralia to continue AstraZeneca vaccination despite blood clotting case ReutersLidia Kelly 4 minutes read A medical worker prepares a dose of Oxford/AstraZenecas COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination centre in Antwerp, Belgium March 18, 2021. REUTERS/Yves Herman Australia will continue its inoculation programme with AstraZeneca PLC(AZN.L), health officials said on Saturday, after a blood clotting case raised concern about the safety of the vaccine. A 44-year-old man wa...

AmericasPeruvian ex-president Vizcarra banned from public office over vaccines scandal Marco Aquino 2 minutes read Perus President Martin Vizcarra addresses the media outside Congress as he faces a second impeachment trial over corruption allegations, in Lima, Peru November 9, 2020. REUTERS/Sebastian Castaneda/File Photo Former Peruvian president Martín Vizcarra has been banned from holding public office for 10 years in a unanimous vote by the country’s congress after he allegedly jumpe...

Sustainable BusinessUniper may turn Wilhelmshaven coal plant site into hydrogen hub Vera Eckert 2 minutes read The logo of German energy utility company Uniper SE is pictured in the companys headquarters in Duesseldorf, Germany, March 10, 2020. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen/File Photo German utility Uniper (UN01.DE) is studying the conversion of its coal-fired power plant site at Wilhelmshaven on Germany’s North Sea coast into an import and electrolysis hub to tap into emerging demand for â€�...