Prices of thermal coal, typically used to generate electricity, have shot to record highs due to increased buying by Europe after sanctions on Russia

Huge imports of the metal into China, much of it by speculators taking advantage of relatively low prices, consumed the market surplus in 2021, a global trade body said

Russia's invasion of Ukraine is ramping up the price of metals used in cars, from aluminium to palladium to the high-grade nickel in electric vehicle batteries

The state planning body plans to boost output and reserves of oil, gas, as well as coal, which powers more than 60% of China's electricity generation plants

Aggregate cash holdings of ASX200 companies grew 60% in the year to December 31, hitting a record high of $246 billion, according to a CommSec analysis.

Russia produces about 6% of the world's aluminium. It is also a major producer of natural gas used to generate electricity that powers production of aluminium.

Investor sources said Stanmore and its broker Petra Capital were taking early bids from institutional investors in Australia and offshore

Pictures of the scene showed the aftermath of the landslide, with a broad swathe of brown earth and rock covering the pockmarked side of a hill

The two employees were kidnapped on June 6 in Mbanga, a village in the southwestern region of Tillaberi that lies in a gold-rich area

Oil, grains rise; Palladium prices surge, gold climbs; Aluminium at record-high; Nickel up on Russian supply worries; Fears of food inflation as wheat, corn, edible oil prices rally

The satellites will be mainly used for commercial remote sensing services, marine environment monitoring, forest fire prevention and disaster mitigation, the report said

Three-month aluminium on the London Metal Exchange jumped 3.3% to $3,402 a tonne by 1700 GMT after touching a record of $3,480