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China has been striving to balance energy security and achieve its climate change goals, and is focusing on hydrogen to reduce carbon emissions from its transport and industrial sectors
Even if most oil sales are done in dollars, more and more countries are doing deals in other currencies, as shown by India’s purchase of Russian crude via a rouble/rupee transaction
Experts say the Saudi offer to allow China to pay for oil in yuan is not linked to sanctions on Russia, but rather Riyadh using China as a bargaining chip to put pressure on its Western allies
Arrivals of Saudi crude totalled 14.61 million tonnes in January-February, equivalent to 1.81 million barrels per day (bpd), down from 1.86 million bpd a year earlier, data showed
Much of the record payout was driven by the bumper profits and dividends of the large miners
Tehran envoy Ali Chegeni said if both nations restart their rupee-rial trade, bilateral trade could surpass $30 billion
Barring manganese, prices of other commodities such as lithium, cobalt and nickel have increased sharply since the beginning of 2022
Canberra on Friday announced new sanctions against 11 government entities and financial institutions and 41 more individuals, including two billionaires
As of Friday, retail petrol prices will rise by 750 yuan ($118) a tonne and diesel prices by 720 yuan a tonne, the National Development and Reform Commission said
The move comes after a storm of coal-related issues drove widespread power outages and rationing around the country in September and October 2021
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