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State energy giant has started construction of a 3 billion yuan ($470 million) green hydrogen plant, with an annual production capacity of 20,000 tonnes, in Kuqa city in China's northwest region
Tsingshan and fellow Chinese firm Chengxin Lithium Group will produce 60,000 tonnes per year of lithium chemicals at a processing facility in Indonesia
Since mid-November the average daily national coal supply has been 8.6 million tonnes, the NDRC announced
A plan for a A$7 billion, 250-kilometre undersea cable would be undercut by Tesla-supplied battery projects in Victoria
Announcement comes soon after the fast-growing energy player finalised a A$40-billion ($29 billion) deal to buy BHP's fossil fuel assets
People’s Bank of China announces new “carbon emission reduction lending facility” to provide low-cost funds for clean power
The US will release 50m barrels from its Strategic Reserve to help cool oil prices in the lead-up to Christmas. States in Asia will do what they can.
The projects form part of Shell Singapore's plans to cut emissions from operations by half by 2030, from 2016 levels on a net basis
Japanese officials are working on ways to get around restrictions on releasing national oil reserves in tandem with other countries to dampen prices, government sources say
Multinationals give go-ahead to Scarborough gas project in a field off northwest Australia that will supply LNG to north Asia and locally
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Transport InsightsAnglo-American Puts World’s Biggest Hydrogen Truck to WorkMining giant Anglo-American has unveiled a prototype of what it says is the world’s largest hydrogen-powered mining truck
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Energy InsightsDoes US Warning to India Point to More Russian Oil Restrictions?The US state department says it is aware of talks between Russia and India concerning the purchase of oil. It has no objection to India buying Russian oil, provided it buys at discount
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Market InsightsKazakhstan Unrest Poses Risks for World EconomyHundreds of people have died and thousands have been detained in Kazakhstan during the worst violence seen in the Central Asian nation since it became independent in the early 1990s. The unrest in Kazakhstan poses risks for energy markets, and even cryptocurrencies.
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