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The Straits Times Unrelenting coal demand in Asia poses challenge to climate goals Much of the tightness in the market can be traced back to China, which produces and burns half the worlds supply.PHOTO: REUTERS UpdatedJul 3, 2021, 1:24 pm PublishedJul 3, 2021, 12:55 pm SGT https://str.sg/3oDj They can read the article in full after signing up for a free account. Share link: Or share via: Sign up or log in to read this article in full Sign up All done! This article is now fully available for yo...

Dan Murtaugh and David Stringer, Bloomberg News A miner stands alongside a roadheader excavation machine in the Osinnikovskaya coal mine, operated by Raspadskaya PJSC, in Osinniki, Russia, on Monday, Feb. 8, 2021. Russian steelmaker Evraz Plc is considering options for demerging its Raspadskaya coal business thats valued at about $1.5 billion. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg , Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- Coal prices across Asia are surging...

AngloGold Ashanti stock appears to have found support just below the $24.00 level following last week’s pullback. This could be an opportunity to buy.

The International Olympics Committee says the rule exists the Games free from political, religious or ethnic demonstrations.

The dirtiest commodity of them all is making a remarkable comeback. The spot price for thermal coal used in electricity generation surged to near a 10-year high of $US120.50 a tonne overnight on Tuesday, continuing a remarkable recovery since it bottomed in September last year at $US48.50. The 148 per cent rise over that period ...

Date Time Tree species diversity is no protection against bark beetle infestation Ecologist from Freiburg investigates pest infestation in forests with mixed and monoculture tree stands. Their findings are published in Journal of Ecology. The Sixtoothed spruce bark beetle mainly attacked native species such as European spruce. Source: Flickr, Peter O’Connor In recent years, foresters have been able to observe it up close: First, prolonged drought weakens the trees, then bark beetles and othe...

AfricaSouth32 expects loss of up to $175 mln from S.African coal unit sale Reuters 2 minute read Australian miner South32 Ltd (S32.AX) said it was expecting to book a loss of up $175 million from the sale of its South African thermal coal assets, which was finalised with mining group Seriti Resources on Monday. The deal would allow South32 to reorganise its business by exiting energy coal at a time when many banks and insurers are scaling back financing for the sector because of global warming ...

Peter O'Connor explains why racism belongs to Pākehā - and Pākehā need to take responsibility for stopping it.

iTWire Thursday, 13 May 2021 12:36 Laidler takes on partner management at Snowflake Shares Data cloud company Snowflake has appointed Nick Laidler to the role of ANZ partner manager. "Appointing Nick as partner manager further reinforces our focus on regional channel organisational growth to enhance our position as a leader in enabling enterprises to easily unify, integrate, analyse, and share their data," said Snowflake APAC vice president of sales Peter OConnor. "At the same ti...

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