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China will accelerate the speed of agricultural and rural modernization and stabilise grain planting location in its mission to make sure stable and high production of grains, state media reported on Wednesday, citing a yearly rural policy meeting. The world's greatest grains manufacturer revealed record grains production of 706.5 million metric loads this year, including 294.92 million tons of corn. However, Beijing remains reliant on imports, making it identified to raise output and end up being an farming power, particularly as rising stress with trade partners United States, Canada and the European Union threaten to interfere with food trade. At...

Kazakhstan's state-controlled nuclear resources company said on Tuesday that Russia's state Rosatom corporation was selling its stakes in large uranium deposits that it had actually been establishing with the world's largest uranium manufacturer. Kazatomprom stated that Rosatom system, Uranium One Group, had offered its 49.979% stake in the Zarechnoye mine to SNURDC Astana Mining Company Limited, whose supreme beneficiary is China's State Nuclear Uranium Resources Development Company. Uranium One Group is likewise expected to give up 30% in the Khorasan-U joint venture to China Uranium Development Business Limited, the supreme recipient of which is China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN,...

The U.S. Energy Department on Monday said it has actually finalized a $9.63 billion loan to a joint venture of Ford Motor and South Korean battery maker SK On to assist fund building of three new battery manufacturing plants in Tennessee and Kentucky. The low-priced government loan for the BlueOval SK joint venture is the largest ever from the federal government's Advanced Innovation Cars Production loan program. SK On is the battery system of energy group SK Development. The last award - initially reported - is among a. series of actions by the Biden administration to improve electrical. vehicle production...

The U.S. Energy Department on Monday said it has settled a $9.63 billion loan to a joint venture of Ford Motor and South Korean battery maker SK On to help finance construction of 3 new battery manufacturing plants in Tennessee and Kentucky. The affordable federal government loan for the Blue Oval SK joint venture is the largest ever from the government's Advanced Innovation Cars Manufacturing loan program. SK On is the battery system of energy group SK Innovation. The amount is greater than the $9.2 billion conditional commitment announced in June 2023 and comes simply weeks before President-elect Donald Trump...

Inbound U.S. President Donald Trump's shift group is recommending sweeping changes to cut off assistance for electric cars and charging stations and to reinforce procedures obstructing automobiles, elements and battery materials from China, according to a file seen . The recommendations, which have actually not been formerly reported, come as the U.S. electric-vehicle shift stalls and China's greatly subsidized EV industry continues to rise, in part since of its superior battery supply chain. On the project path, Trump promised to alleviate policies on fossil-fuel cars and trucks and roll back what he called President Joe Biden's EV mandate. The shift...

State oil giant PetroChina plans to begin trading metals utilized in the energy shift, according to the brand-new team head, signing up with the global energy majors that are diversifying their portfolios into the commodities. Richard Fu, a commodities and monetary industry veteran of more than 3 years, has signed up with PetroChina International ( London) Co Ltd as trading manager, he stated in a current post on LinkedIn. I am honoured to start the green energy transition and minerals service for PetroChina, trading physical and paper copper, lithium, and others, he composed. PetroChina, the listed arm of Asia's top...

The following are the leading stories on the business pages of British newspapers. Reuters has not validated these stories and does not attest their accuracy. The Times - Sanjay Shah, a British hedge fund trader, has actually been sentenced to 12 years in jail by a court in Denmark after being found guilty of defrauding the state of 1 billion pounds ($ 1.27 billion) in a tax fraud. - Banknote maker De La Rue said it is in talks with Disruptive Capital GP and Pension SuperFund Capital for a sale of approximately 40% of its equity that would value the...

Battery maker Automotive Cells Business (ACC) is set to sign a brand-new loan to fund the second production block of its gigafactory in northern France, a. business representative stated, as it increases output in spite of Europe's. slow electric car market. The loan, guaranteed by ACC's 2 primary investors, automobile. makers Stellantis and Mercedes-Benz Group,. deserves around 1 billion euros ($ 1.05 billion), two sources. knowledgeable about the matter said, verifying a report by paper. Les Echos. Stellantis and Mercedes did not react to ask for. comment. Smaller sized investor TotalEnergies decreased to. comment. The factory already operates one production...

Stellantis and Chinese battery maker CATL will invest 4.1 billion euros ($ 4.33 billion) in a factory making electrical vehicle batteries in Zaragoza in northern Spain, they said in a. declaration on Tuesday. They have set up a 50-50 joint venture for the job and. expect to start production by the end of 2026. The capability at the plant might reach 50 gigawatt hours,. depending upon the advancement of the market for electric lorries. in Europe and on assistance from European and Spanish authorities,. they said. The endeavor would bring innovative battery production to a. producing website that is currently...

Private Chinese refiner Hengli Petrochemical has actually bought Middle East crude, 6 traders acquainted with the matter stated, mostly from TotalEnergies after the French major accumulated a big volume of the oil and as Iranian supply to China has actually tightened. The purchases follow Hengli receiving an extra crude import quota of 2 million lots (14.6 million barrels) that can be used in 2024 and 2025. In late November, Hengli Petrochemical purchased about 12 million barrels of Middle East crude from Totsa, the trading arm of TotalEnergies, along with from PetroChina and Aramco Trading Co, according to some of the...

Perpetua Resources stated on Monday its Idaho system has signed a nonbinding contract with private firm Sunlight Silver Mining & & Refining to explore the processing of antimony, amid a brewing trade war between the U.S. and China over crucial minerals. Shares of Perpetua rose 7.4% in premarket trade. Under the contract, the companies will examine the technical potential for processing and refining antimony from Perpetua's. Pentagon-backed Stibnite antimony and gold task at the. Sunshine Mine Complex in Idaho. Last week, China prohibited the export of antimony-- a vital. element in defense, clean energy and semiconductor applications. -- and other...

It's always tempting to try and overanalyse changes in the crude oil market and Saudi Arabia's choice to cut its main prices for Asian customers to the lowest level in 4 years is one such example. Saudi Aramco, the state-controlled oil business of the world's biggest oil exporter, stated on Sunday it is decreasing the main selling prices (OSPs) for refiners in Asia, which buy about 70% of the kingdom's crude. The OSP for the benchmark Arab Light grade for January-loading cargoes was decreased to a premium of 90 cents a. barrel over the Oman/Dubai average, down 80 cents from...

Base metal rates fell on Thursday after the Federal Reserve signalled a slower rate of U.S. interest rate cuts next year, strengthening the dollar. Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME). fell 1% to $8,942 per metric lot by 0135 GMT. The dollar index hovered near a two-year peak,. making it more costly for other currency holders to purchase. greenback-priced products. On Wednesday, the U.S. central bank cut rates of interest by 25. basis points, with Fed Chair Jerome Powell specifying that future. cuts depend upon reducing high inflation, meaning economic. modifications under the Trump administration. The most-traded January...

Advisers to incoming U.S. President Donald Trump are advising he waive environmental reviews for federally moneyed vital minerals jobs to enhance domestic production of products utilized in electric lorries, electronics and weapons, according to a file seen . Implementation would show a significant shift in how Washington evaluations proposed mines on federal lands and aims to guarantee that projects receiving loans, grants or other federal government support are able to assist the U.S. cut reliance on China, the world's. largest miner and processor of lithium, cobalt and other. important minerals. The consultants, entrusted by Trump's transition group to develop. policy...

It's clear that vital minerals will be China's weapon of option in its escalating trade war with the United States. Whenever Washington enforces brand-new restrictions on exports of advanced semiconductor chips to China, Beijing reacts by tightening controls on exports of the crucial inputs for chip manufacturers. A third clamp-down on China's semiconductor industry has drawn a swift response in the form of a full restriction on exports of Chinese gallium and germanium to the United States. Exports of antimony, used in photovoltaic glass, are now also banned in what appears like a riposte to U.S. tariffs on Chinese solar...

India is most likely to enforce a protect responsibility or short-lived tax of as much as 25% on steel imports, industry and federal government sources stated, to help to curb low-cost imports from leading manufacturer China. The proposal acquired broad assistance at a meeting chaired by commerce minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday after small industries dropped initial opposition once they received assurances that they would not be struck by greater steel prices. It seems the secure duty will be imposed after an examination, likely finished within a month, stated an industry authorities who attended the conference. To attend to concerns...

Copper rates dropped to twoweek short on Tuesday as worries about need in top customer China, partially fuelled by unpredictability about U.S. tariffs on imports, and a stronger dollar weighed on belief. Standard copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME). was down 0.9% at $8,978 a metric lot at 1035 GMT, having earlier. touched $8,977 a lot, the lowest since Dec. 3. Currently drab copper need in China is anticipated to. come under additional pressure if U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. follows through with his hazard to impose punitive tariffs on. imports, which might trigger a trade war and control development....

China's steel output fell in November from October, relatively another indication of the struggles in the world's most significant manufacturer of the crucial metal for construction and production. However while November production did drop 4.3% from October, the detail is far more nuanced and the huge picture reveals China's. steel sector is mostly constant, as it has been for the past 5. years. Unrefined steel output worldwide's biggest manufacturer was 78.4. million metric tons in November, below 81.88 million in. October, information from the National Bureau of Data showed on. Monday. However, on a loads per day basis, November was...

Prices of iron ore futures rebounded on Monday, as a revival of hopes for monetary reducing in top customer China surpassed faltering nearterm need and bleak home information that had sent rates to the most affordable levels in one week earlier. The most-traded January iron ore contract on China's Dalian Product Exchange (DCE) ended daytime trade 0.5%. higher at 802.5 yuan ($ 110.23) a metric heap. It slid to the most affordable level considering that Dec. 6 at 788 yuan a ton. earlier in the session. The benchmark January iron ore on the Singapore. Exchange was 0.92% higher at $104.85...

London copper edged down on Monday after China's economic information revealed a blended healing amongst different sectors, while a softer U.S. dollar provided some support. Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME). fell 0.2% to $9,039 per metric ton by 0516 GMT. The most-traded January copper contract on the Shanghai. Futures Exchange was down by 0.4% to 74,450 yuan. ($ 10,218.80) a load. China's industrial output accelerated somewhat in November,. while retail sales disappointed, keeping pressure on Beijing to. ramp up stimulus for a fragile economy as it braces for more. U.S. trade tariffs under a 2nd Donald Trump...

Costs of iron ore futures moved on Monday to their most affordable levels in one week, as failing nearterm demand and bleak home data in leading consumer China weighed on sentiment. The most-traded January iron ore contract on China's Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE) ended morning trade 0.69%. lower at 793 yuan ($ 108.94) a metric load. It hit the most affordable. level since Dec. 6 at 788 yuan a load earlier in the session. The benchmark January iron ore on the Singapore. Exchange was 0.72% lower at $104.05 a ton, since 0354 GMT, after. touching the lowest given that Dec....

Some Japanese aluminium purchasers have accepted pay an international producer a premium of $228 per metric lot over the benchmark cost for shipments from January to March, up 30% from this quarter, two sources straight involved in the talks stated. The fourth consecutive quarterly boost, the figure exceeds the $175 per ton paid in the quarter from October to December. It is also the greatest premium because 2015, though a little lower than the initial deals of $230-$ 260 made by producers. Japan is a major Asian importer of the light metal and the premiums for primary metal shipments it...

China's crude steel output in November slid 4.3% from October, main data revealed on Monday, dampened by falling steel margins and seasonally weakening downstream steel consumption. The world's largest steel manufacturer produced 78.4 million metric lots of unrefined steel last month, down from 81.88 million heaps in October, data from the National Bureau of Statistics ( NBS) showed. The volume last month was up 2.5% from a year previously, the data showed. The month's everyday output averaged about 2.61 million lots, compared to 2.64 million lots in October and 2.54 million loads in November 2023, according to Reuters calculations based...

An unmatched collapse in conversion costs spells tough times for the global copper smelting sector. The benchmark smelter treatment charges for next year have been set by Chilean copper miner Antofagasta and China's. Jiangxi Copper. Smelters such as Jiangxi will receive just $21.50 per metric. load and 2.125 cents per pound for smelting and refining. concentrates from Antofagasta's mines to make refined copper. That is a big drop from this year's standard of $80.00 per. lot and 8.0 cents and the most affordable result in a minimum of 20 years. At other times the plunge might have been read as...