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BEIJING, May 14 (Reuters) - Chinese ferrous futures extended losses on Friday, with steel prices plunging after top producer Tangshan city warned mills to maintain market order, while iron ore is set to give up a weekly gain.
The local government said it would look into illegal behaviours and suspend business at mills found manipulating market prices, spreading rumours or storing up goods to make a good bargain, as the growth in steel prices has outpaced the rise in costs. (bit.ly/33FXWV0)
The most-traded steel rebar on the Shanghai Futures Exchange , for October delivery, fell 6.0% to 5,640 yuan ($875.03) a tonne as of 0330 GMT.
Cop26 summit last hope to limit global warming, says Alok Sharma
President-delegate wants countries to end coal power generation
The November climate change summit will seek a global pledge to reduce emissions
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The international climate change summit Cop26 is the last hope to limit global warming to 1.5C, its president-designate will say on Friday.
Alok Sharma will call for countries to follow in the UK’s path by ending their coal power generation during a speech in Glasgow, where the UN summit is due to take place in six months.
He will say that the summit “is our last hope of keeping 1.5 degrees alive. Our best chance of building a brighter future.”
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LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. natural gas prices have surged after last year’s slump, which will limit gas consumption over the summer by electricity generators and encourage a switch to more coal combustion.
FILE PHOTO: A leaf sits on top of a pile of coal in Youngstown, Ohio, U.S., September 30, 2020. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton//File Photo
Compared with a year ago, front-month futures prices for gas delivered at Henry Hub have risen to $3.00 per million British thermal units, an increase of almost 80%.
Gas has again become more expensive than coal, after adjusting for efficiency differences, encouraging power producers to run gas-fired units for fewer hours and leave more of the market for coal-fired alternatives.
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